Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 513dc2a1ad13c7d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-08-20 20:47:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7ace3f8aa859c3d4c9b2b2467bea1a19 SHA-1: 470034989849c0876110a34f18e5cae2bb209886 SHA-256: 513dc2a1ad13c7d03c3c3ff8f565e817b476ae16eead2d66b119d8894c06d4e2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hnf93ai7v1t92tnt58t15kk6tn/wifemavagubafal.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/toluwame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingcraftviet.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/35858654450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loadcell.vn/Images_upload/files/wegijoradinatesapewitogop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lncl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ganarokaliperuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdkkck.com/uploadfile/file/20210814033213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-16/20210616152122290219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/dasesopopotinatim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibaco.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kojufamelixogebuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/tazupujodulofaduveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/binajakexedanudujovej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukrarnakolbaba.eu/obrazky/files/82329750605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed26140663---57492882981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f80cde6c144fa3c14993291b6c8206af/33395215104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/rozasapegofigidowewebele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161079d271e08a---ferepojebonudarilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/622526205c7cce2b727e4af630cae43b/1757948188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e54e5004c64---lizilofapoferib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107f2d7984de---20389176289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spc1991.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nejuwugedomiwibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/laxuzigadujokologamoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9000cc4b34---53851433307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5dfb0db54436bad09f89be35e6c6eae/wotivosuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=modelos+y+teorias+de+enfermeria+libro+pdf+descargar+gratisPDF 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_off0000e986.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE986 17328 bytes
SHA-256: cf19fb4e17f179ee7f43170b62e4db5adb6be09eb31e8edb88f33e2f16ebc435
font_01_sfnt_off0001157f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1157F 11212 bytes
SHA-256: 3172e254f328fdb2f3bf1a842f005a47eab498508e5b8e4416769cc0c1f3cc31
font_02_sfnt_off00012f5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1