Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c13e09322dfd9ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-08-07 15:17:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f25a229e945a328dc630b21ecd0ce522 SHA-1: dc2dc65eb4f7a4a50a40ce4e3dba573bf094af7c SHA-256: 2c13e09322dfd9ec72416dd3ccab92fb8630dd305657a4c6c3cb0def37ab22ef
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j7i4olahn0cmqttk7l458qnmrf/5044209683.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e27b4b4664e---vabojinon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://internationalnetworksolutions.net/files/In PDF document text
    • http://www.dereformasenalicante.com/archivos/files/joxojaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/355c3656d56fa43cd74af4fb1dd7eb14/rifebenisufaloxufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b11530f1c4---fapanojadazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f41cb4173---54015757701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienkiemis.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/90639921292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/855ff934067133d88f564de1e515ec10/davosavifoserugipokipibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814f681ccd0---91517651345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e95bf614a9d---47802439869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-gallery.mn/uploads/files/11492419063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://culturasiapamplona.com/guiarte_userfiles/files/jinewelijizimeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tezerwatch.com/file/upload/files/06-22-13-30-11-91.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e6bf42f3d0b6becc61191da8d414c01/zasevul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmdfhjl.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/35467156703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorp.pl/userfiles/files/62439189078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/11819524949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c03c1abfc7b1275a4d75794c86c8ee18/votakefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/72458749705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00e62c5aabe969f85e675f4612874306/lexulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44251254ebc6f131b80058e487b1941f/19113148060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/92235085319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a411c2979c8---17773466045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibleyestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/22451239770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d01ecd9690---47118906289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+long+does+it+take+to+receive+money+via+world+remitPDF 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_off0000fe36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE36 17048 bytes
SHA-256: 3bc20b94f21512f2d127ec0ed5d5d97477cbb7200e545fbacb064d40eb619766
font_01_sfnt_off00012b0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B0C 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 5e3de9c96ab7e2856804d30dcdee186584c238a6b95c1912c986a2e6c74ea863
font_02_sfnt_off000144b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1