Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 213b8a26303a19b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:25:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: aed6f957746de846f6f2bcac0c3571d4 SHA-1: 3a98e2c00e2f6aed5e86362c430281436f3f2ad4 SHA-256: 213b8a26303a19b1840900c5bef76a8589429d3cd3868939aed43a82e3f34570
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF link farm heuristics further supports the attack pattern of directing users to external, potentially malicious, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=prelude+book+1+text+pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611414f45d147---mabotowavepimuvon.pdf
    • http://bidadapatidar.com/userfiles/file/kikifefon.pdf
    • https://aprenda-atdi.com/uploads/files/84688365645.pdf
    • http://asu78.ru/userfiles/file/nobofodexusuvagixitu.pdf
    • http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/jorosevafugidopukupagip.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/ziwitubap.pdf
    • http://ontsgoi.shop/uploads/files/bijibojizesefekobiri.pdf
    • https://stpatswatertown.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9514671369.pdf
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4feb56780b---23244477246.pdf
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kunixafis.pdf
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862f961bd55---kopuxolubega.pdf
    • http://beytarimcilik.com/admin/editor_resim/file/63096733802.pdf
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d46a4a609---56582251619.pdf
    • https://echipamente-scule.ro/userfiles/file/pewomapoxir.pdf
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609edf606906a---ganedo.pdf
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7ac559ca8d6c25e605b57a4bc62be6f/xamewebelitagazarenu.pdf
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/61779257084.pdf
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a32daabb8083671e54c6955fc42aaf5/91913497820.pdf
    • http://fotocaroli.it/userfiles/files/wugurefok.pdf
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/lokojatuvenuwozovumigal.pdf
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/nuxuwinonoboxinodepufi.pdf
    • http://pm-property.pl/userfiles/file/wapuna.pdf
    • 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_off00010073.bin
6ef052bfdf03dd0788cfc1cdc655ed66b57857044038676b7c90580c91b4019a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10073 10452 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001181c.bin
f575845582e18a1d22858ba521364771ad47185c8af9fe585cd7aab1720619df
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1181C 18432 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014710.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14710 16792 bytes