Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13dae791f6d45089…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:19:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2f2bbca381f902c498d7060cc4d26ea0 SHA-1: 136fb6f8cf2badefda9e6f32725e699be97ca912 SHA-256: 13dae791f6d4508913aff2f2212fed0d76da0f57466f20e9d9d7bc84c7c4b93c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://businesslife.com/content/file/nabivukebafiveber.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c14a18180---8803472880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ae10a8b46d7f1b5fd29fc26d16cf76c/61154619386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmsz.com/upfolder/e/files/20210830032821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e311d329483---subowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/zaxuvupovatot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbm-mova.by/images_from_html_editor/file/66596083877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924e1b0794d---86884332980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b11af7affbe---83036131270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drsrkbedcollege.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46314139187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b20e9b77eef7ca976ca7e17e860c78b/51529843725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatnagarancija.com/userfiles/file/denupapilexudix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newdimension.su/userfiles/file/zojajanuverusepijokelopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kefegatekovalupubomiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c27cf778701---wubevevapilad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/225f80ace1ecf1b8920d669d10e43d80/63402013889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7ad152b147f6886ab23c6e4e06c9a88/16695898599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/26266937587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/krqpvcplr9sqm69tsgecbdvi9d/govil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumonjfk2020reunion.org/clients/f/fe/fe8b949e9fe7e5065ccade199761aacb/File/nadejaropugufagazufituxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b34fb8d666---95610993981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210608142145100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/99610490409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ef296b5df---zopumamaruxefopudegagag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonspond.com/uploads/files/vizim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=livro+rapido+e+devagar+em+pdfPDF 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_off0000e528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE528 20184 bytes
SHA-256: 7ae03900fc160f34fa4d25e47c1399f76706f5b7020900462706636aac2637a0
font_01_sfnt_off000116d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012eec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EEC 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 856854902ca8fea9c5a49aed677d6c5e08f38af30579f8d747a08c027d0ca779