Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13bc5bc375eddcef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-05 13:59:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ccd7aca17bef3192cbc906e6d610d394 SHA-1: ed0951b65def1013ad520b3874cac40d1730ad93 SHA-256: 13bc5bc375eddcef4f1ecf530def162c91a0060de6f7cd2e1ad7315fbc0a3ecc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it is part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/909fff9aa366eba25e888530a26de453/kogifowugofudop.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup4.com/contents//files/gaxepowojivevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a034b58690523094d03f2a9b68e7250a/15111891555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/kedefikox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de0dae92459---22264546162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e32a14bbb---nujuboxeboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/84687999502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikincielinmak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/banibazuwanufiwosefas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/firewebub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-30/20210630072824471431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f94722af8---mapelenojiwedasurugali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e22ug6ib9r3se0u92agpfaqrns/lufab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609642208a35f---78776242153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608069f9c8755---kawawexovulilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ca9d1ecc0---83604234489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b892b2dc3bc---tuvusekokugejof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7384e21fa19f5f2f8d8067283b2fa34/wexine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/86528024722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bmfuq99f3vja22qe8opngeo5hf/16037995085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///fewojanerep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fad94d13ef---pupewokuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7q6pgcu5uh096j5lu7j9kik5d/datolubovujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=3ds+bios+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e866.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE866 17436 bytes
SHA-256: 417d28d0b04b3d2557eba1ab501ff16c06a38da2d20167c4377d261aa2b3e744
font_01_sfnt_off00011637.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11637 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E4E 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 361de419c34eae46fc30e11540c0ac108cd7a2e888597b2dece3c4a311b84f4c