Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13f7754080fe3de6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-16 05:48:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e1f8989afbbba6314161bde8a949445f SHA-1: fb719a91aaeb8da932a86e73481feadc59169870 SHA-256: 13f7754080fe3de66218b6d2b4a64703a66d17333749544d76dbac8651897d16
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous unknown PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the attack pattern is inferred from the URL structure and heuristic firings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c95409339c---vebefexot.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nayyaralidada.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsse.hssanesteban.cl/files/59365505031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evo-models.com/uploads/userfiles/files/77317641663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drzwiukryte.pl/userfiles/file/maxuzewuzuzoxono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-stribro-investice.com/upload/files/bobowiroxaxekokurakevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613603db0a7d1---31683027398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcstema.com/userfiles/files/fatatar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ec7143742---wenujifegedutibinupab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161417badb874e---97749365398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepducphat.com/upload/files/46069133646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3o9tfhb450hokqcd27rgflkha3/jexemesijovexiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosonhuath.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/kiribadurizulufekajag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pb6l2pfcani4cclb0437338l5n/10468964250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongsimkindergarten.com/upload/files/xopiwidawapuvod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/76032480387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haltia.mx/sii/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98271579287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e4c282071---77410069121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becskeicsodajo.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/bagetasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74074912247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaptoys.org/ckeditor/uploads/files/11457919639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ageddfjtj.pretty-match.com/upload/files/38037697189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://servicepapik.ro/files/74580395615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b1c3eff2a7727a3f970e3894728cdb6/81400336319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skybuildinfraprojects.com/uploads/2380097628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=rey+lightsaber+stylePDF 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_off0000e294.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE294 16412 bytes
SHA-256: f2e23c85bc66605323e4e889c86aea422d8b557c61ac67173c98bb64a5d7f239
font_01_sfnt_off00010cf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001250f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1250F 10464 bytes
SHA-256: cca21e19f02de3379f9931db9d02de6cc520e87bf5fba6204e485c40641eb3cb