Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13dd8f65b4b1f468…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-07-29 21:45:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: caf57324bbeba7f82ac0f654e3ce290e SHA-1: 2329158df9bd395753140351189d999e724ef114 SHA-256: 13dd8f65b4b1f468598de8a3e279b384d758ec35bff7a7345c32f04a07a34e3b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating a high probability of maliciousness. It functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites, likely to distribute phishing content or further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'link farm' heuristic strongly suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.
  • 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://inoxquochoang.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/girebivitunisoroj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e27qhr53b17kcsu81fih89ale4/81298806158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/41238726258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6t4g4r74f4m9pma5eir2rejs3/19824373557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66f77220ca7335113cedd5e5390a6694/49792861747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fccd63e51---85292823650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakedua.com/contents//files/75672117368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trlgpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gofetidogivufivademu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/buxivujavisekewixavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duetsepolno.pl/userfiles/file/gajogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/83280759325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/455bc205af97ebc466ff8fcf1bd55585/mebonazivasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/glqhqmptec3f4sc7ojpp60neld/jaruxeralafuxofujas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715f2f2c67f---vedesijubegasesaririj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/60824499003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalchurchesinstitute.com/files/file/gupogaporubutise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/34188949520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ekc6bcaeo8quos162m4fh2ifg1/ridevukutuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9dd70bc4c---32771279001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a58798c6f9a7db806d9c281f1f1b8e83/65619306941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiangzhuan.tw/upload/files/novugibilogevugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=fifa+20+mobile+offline+mod+apk+new+kits+2020+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fdf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDF0 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 3498746058c92edfb8b48cc31a8e9ef3a2f3e2753f3ac095e2e892198af21a5a
font_01_sfnt_off000117a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117A1 17116 bytes
SHA-256: 0acd639fcdbe57b279b85e4e16520630ebb4e701072da0243a332017a3fdf9c2
font_02_sfnt_off00014498.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14498 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00015ca9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CA9 17072 bytes
SHA-256: 0441517957a57764ec6c39cc300e9647c2116ecc62658729eaacf2fd2b12d513