Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13ffecd04c54b964…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:20:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2a230b2770d68179690e98f1674734d2 SHA-1: 2ca0aba05342cff4d8dab466b1175144edb7467b SHA-256: 13ffecd04c54b964a3f67d8a508d936405e89e02747fcc4cf8a47019995a5c24
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure point towards an attack pattern involving spearphishing attachments, where the PDF serves as a deceptive entry point.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/55521729938.pdf
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac86d107c7a---42358905993.pdf
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/kowejinu.pdf
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b594896cb---86763925781.pdf
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a682ec39a8---rapodejivorerewakof.pdf
    • http://mesamiesdallas.org/clients/e/ee/ee8f1390623de39be1ac2b47a321719d/File/wegutole.pdf
    • http://talentfuturesservices.com/sharpinstitute/images/files/banixebawunomamanim.pdf
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210714104927.pdf
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6ec9e97092---digonozamogaluxo.pdf
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36d67de873ec3b969a76b6f628c48bdf/91136422938.pdf
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f55e766df39173c8302fef86cae9735/96515063053.pdf
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f660f71c9b---9066748598.pdf
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/866685e27e04aedcec6f9574fb09759a/vunazugafapufivimikefiduk.pdf
    • https://ecotranslation.ca/upload/editor/file/6350354570.pdf
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087be8a7149a---ririg.pdf
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fcce373a40---65485174300.pdf
    • http://crmloccitanecr.com/campannas/file/25976000967.pdf
    • http://barrospizzadb.com/uploads/files/tosazesajowumebajuni.pdf
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081931bc8ea0---faxofudalemoposu.pdf
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/57056800995.pdf
    • http://fra2ange.it/userfiles/files/wirisufi.pdf
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b206b82977674b3c88d9dddab2b12397/68241162773.pdf
    • http://stilistspb.online/public/files/uploads/files/42505407417.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607982ef4e64c.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=vasudevan+biochemistry+book+pdf+download
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c657.bin
fd26ba36b07e844a9940d147d0a9931b8118ea6a55f7f8b044bdda64f65e437c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC657 11452 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e115.bin
81d4e75c7c156d8e31c98f53361ba73c9fca3aa6004821b1bf5c9080da928eab
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE115 16820 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010c83.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C83 16792 bytes