Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13ec43e50aa3b1d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 18:12:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 30dbbb0ca8b8be861b71e46746221578 SHA-1: 9bccf853d2a3c40d7c5ec060852dd684e408a734 SHA-256: 13ec43e50aa3b1d0a0c17a308f8b5b5689d6764bf926e8aea0386571a3752c43
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The 'utm_term' parameter in one URL indicates a potential lure related to job interviews.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=possible+weaknesses+for+job+interview PDF link annotation
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dfefba0f3---xevabixud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ead671a04b---48214814679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biocoils.com/img/file/vaduzakofezipazebibama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmoretv.com/userfiles/gajerig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/55424779207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/juvovofedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/253sljbp4k612kmnob1dl10okv/jemupasero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/41285098340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe1190b298---zokob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saammohaseb.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2050393257d1577bbb341249440c63a0/21382247860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inglewoodreunion.com/clients/68690/File/jeleruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078af0187bb4---315736683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://live-lessons.net/lcj/web/uploads/assets/file/15219659382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svingenieria.cl/userfiles/file/74847901764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb30379270---nutovugedarugekuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ridn3qbl0bo11sgu0sefcoh0tj/28738280086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xabevof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2934766896c0292b78365f3baeac4c3d/66697522237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langfordfinancialservices.com/userfiles/files/keguxuderapuloxarigewalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.tw/upload/actfiles/92814426841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/xezuxinaxerosibatomerovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29d82a90c5bf9bc5740c716d834fdc68/wifoluvewilebidosimene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4411d74f20db4f6831aa8d6d247ff15/36973797149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/sogezilisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b65202ea449---26583574641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8470d58478b8038bef4ee32d0c846828/gafenezerasejeseda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00e517ca5cd72dbffdc28b9e4731d8aa/tanofasisipuxobe.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_off000106f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011f02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F02 18588 bytes
SHA-256: d1e4e5924d9779185bdf12a580f13a3682a6e8e7dc413ed9bb9a0a53c542b422
font_02_sfnt_off00014f71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F71 10724 bytes
SHA-256: fcffd095992411f92ed89aa6504d0b062aa99432538e2b5a932a9335f8d7a9a9