Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13e1a55eaa7ca363…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-08-18 22:28:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: d90b4fdbe29410f366b8d7f749cf9d41 SHA-1: fe4a84246e19ac79e538c71775330bfeb396f8ca SHA-256: 13e1a55eaa7ca3632bd2bba7d759aac6fa86e5c8345aaa194b93adf2d2494ed6
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or malware distribution intent. It contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure point towards a spearphishing attachment attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7301

Heuristics 5

  • 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 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
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+dilate+a+figure+by+1%2F3 PDF link annotation
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/rudizagagebisebumuvuxisid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertcomptablecourreges.fr/michel_courreges/userfiles/file/64094227416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketex.com/trcgp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61912536057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johndanton.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/9848922550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4fc1be7fd---69247600964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/44622773087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careoncall.in/userfiles/files/pamowako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4677314a5c---mudarapukoribaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n4bcflhvktu103rcnso0m3je5t/47286336525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cooper1972.com/clients/b/b4/b451ebb09e7e0345645526f893d9a49e/File/90219644863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenmodels.ru/uploads/files/82047963284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aanugxqi.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97450830470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a03b9c47a9d---liromaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f33e7dbe2---gupinowewadedavexowase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d197008924---93822936380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcd754124c1---rorobibilavatugegerugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0b7e674127---xexefalixiwefuvaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964fbae0eee---15260937560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northwestpixie-bobs.com/clients/e/e1/e1941a3904c49320334fd90e0ed9e852/File/26381266171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ce9f3cd02---wawuzumuxosisogotib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honyi.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/file/7240134864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcj5rbfnorbhkko1s0b0inq4s3/nomalirev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6e228623a5587b8720819d27c41f49f/sujedazoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gtlv8ecgghb0b1gtbltc604jeo/89382776295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wineg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f647.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF647 17496 bytes
SHA-256: 6d4c97d02f008c02bcb21e0bdf1ce8f80e243449a2a1e591a7a5749f8549a626