Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13bfba01126afdb6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-08-08 11:13:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 30d208f2b80fcc7345b7feb3ddfad6ec SHA-1: a7598f8405d9339db08e58d069da5a2d912996d6 SHA-256: 13bfba01126afdb643ecb62f3095650c6426c58df7361dae45ade59a79271ad4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate it is a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to obscure malicious destinations. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed49eb4340---30303370704.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ponderosaclassof1990.com/clients/d/d5/d5d19f6fc184e1fdd834fc62be9f1763/File/80594136573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismofattorialucciano.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3130086439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd4d1b720b---55761377007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0924ebda2d0f485bce3822aebe56c8fa/31255675432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac82875f5f1---68154182202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6bcba3d1f---88137453650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/61357244037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbslbank.lk/userfiles/file/89499406992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nieruchomosci-swidnica.pl/userfiles/file/jiwamumoleme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmyc.net/clients/875386/File/wixatamatazadida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cutencuddlybreedables.com/_images/file/tuzisetavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/semimumixilol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujgj1qqekp15hvi79qpaegsji5/64104989217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4dbc0053aa---pigonulupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qmkiedrcqmnllfgkh39afpuh2/jezilabowusofula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcrlclient.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/demoxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23584063968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glovimex.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/dizixulazazenekadanojew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherryontop.pl/upload/fotki/file/23394511504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d2082caaf---zababirojejozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/lagafop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=benim+hocam+ayt+fizik+video+ders+notlar%C4%B1+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce8cfa772a52547ca2d4b158c68a47c9/34374099529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b9cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9CF 18788 bytes
SHA-256: afd93d8ef4a9c8b0ddaae36205fdadc11f213c197d56c6e6daf8a3bd07c1cc77
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6EA 11316 bytes
SHA-256: f513cf30412c214d25cd7c1d344478a012cb7a860216cee70424934dabcf0c2a
font_02_sfnt_off00010162.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10162 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1