Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13bcc63d33b9941c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-06-30 02:59:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 39bae2a09cf046551efbea66ec38336f SHA-1: dbf2eb3287c763e69906c9883309fedda6b2ae63 SHA-256: 13bcc63d33b9941c6c806588be5571d85e92d0e01e91c273af5b7ba7656e90d2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files under the guise of software downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gch2v9itm6pnu43klqgemojqb6/lebetunovaramudiluvevuvig.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bmdtrf0jv0t7606ccsuuqlcdl7/4582757873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a5eb61388---davawovodenokusav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m649chakcd6k0ka7b4d33i6gv3/70511197017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/crd17uj7m2egab2bihnunp4ld6/siwugejupulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fgio6ijnau1m5kc93ntpomsq8/42249332129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7nv6hlk9qdt34m7jk2t2mk7ok/vojevusow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d523bc656f85a50ab122e8f367e61b2f/podekadiguwexekabeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf97135cfb1---66165137449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ctuspve5um7t9urik4340cd20n/zusugegigixiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyanite.tv/userfiles/file/4365736610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulceoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/60722586791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb23bc348f7---76981205976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro520.net/userfiles/file/16233533242069024363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0156ada6016c94b763ae0ea2d6a34bc/84997299446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elskenecologie.nl/files/xebimakevesiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1a45dc83f5---75725777564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-lubertsy.ru/upload_picture/file/beruvazosuwatobupimimegug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d166ea654---52525341538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f5fbc7a5e---38408413199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6fbed17356787a7b1d747f95ec20a51/59371916840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/95384581309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=free+download+photoshop+cs5+for+windows+10PDF 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_off0000ef26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001073d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1073D 11088 bytes
SHA-256: a4aede74fd6ea37e3e18b159b569b476dab8ba6c5d643d5ac3eaf25e425ca55a
font_02_sfnt_off0001211b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1211B 17420 bytes
SHA-256: b7e61d06968b86fa37ffe0c5389ed14e17402d691c65e65de821d9a9aa20f647