Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13d501e291a88cb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:28:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: dfdf68ca8b1533ee5fd8afc1eba888bc SHA-1: ef8a3f40dceb2a7996151dc700e36303f0393e28 SHA-256: 13d501e291a88cb2a229d24143aee1e3d4cf90efb91b518e3d15192a88d427c4
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to potentially malicious files hosted on compromised websites and disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=newsweek+magazine+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://sharmtocairo.com/userfiles/files/62945642570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/26873806471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cabab857bc1fc9c5c8147c61362a1f7/51260878763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inica.org/files/file///sebejujugox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4922292332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medeeatour.ro/mm/file/43777511896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://painttechvina.com/webroot/img/files/87450760287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bong-dem-long.org/upload/editor/files/90317191883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/43294093270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epicridesnepal.com/files/kuvabokakoxigale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostex.sk/files/articles/file/lafuledatog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andana.us/files/files/doromarevusaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com/files/wajivenefudivajovidebir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3ce9221f88obf7kc339pqatgh/83398380758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/jawefawuvuwika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipea.kr/userData/board/file/dipusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078938ba8103---64247189153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610afe3b776ad---kojeralumorefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.net/contents//files/bisidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a868e141e67---57427864647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607618227a55d---gepikuxavote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/4540411615.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_off0000c777.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC777 18212 bytes
SHA-256: 59de065d8ff1c8c7c4363016a518467478ddd5c1d5c7c5b49bcb146d55c62a0d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6AF 10956 bytes
SHA-256: d6ce41e92f43dfc780558e90392dfd617fb8f6213d2daf55c5614bc305a98e67
font_02_sfnt_off00010fef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1