Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 513e9d8108d46047…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 06:49:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 20ade67be5f3370d6b200e33bf43edfe SHA-1: 136f83aba48aa633d87425f80be77ccdb7a596c0 SHA-256: 513e9d8108d46047a0c06f0467bd55c7aa580e97693127e73f1369d7b5295047
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute phishing content or malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm indicate a spearphishing attachment vector, likely leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+do+a+prison+tattoo
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805354c85eb---75126873051.pdf
    • http://bachova-terapia.sk/images/file/dokevab.pdf
    • http://www.retorika-zidar.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/46202138625.pdf
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093acc6d316c---temidozuwikew.pdf
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/dusanume.pdf
    • http://timebymtm.com/upload/files/5206711132.pdf
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae86c370f08---velawinevaz.pdf
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/kagozuxikupusekurawob.pdf
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/388cc850e39955d54d8be87449e31396/zimasugolenukomejojobuna.pdf
    • http://npas.ru/pic/file/zesetami.pdf
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/74144710790.pdf
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a4124bc5b9c7b398f6658f2367d4bc4/60056826720.pdf
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e951dfe6276db1be93efff7ba59dd263/zodosawopudadixot.pdf
    • http://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/lupuza.pdf
    • http://kyanite.tv/userfiles/file/81297004617.pdf
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13bdee6c5d---2618092757.pdf
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46306780fd8a2c765f25797c0c56f6a0/jovegabadipukaxegulus.pdf
    • https://purmoradiatoriai.lt/images/files/luxamemal.pdf
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e898c8d293b8ef7a4d1be3a6ee84127f/70077725028.pdf
    • http://hrjok.com/uploadfile/file/8450280114.pdf
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876e5bad804---nusekinujewikiku.pdf
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/vixokorokujesikekoriroxi.pdf
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b177102f94---56396552437.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_off00011edb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EDB 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000136ed.bin
537365e9488f84c2b81fce2ce373a3e68e038d20eb5e3a0a24f8c13913d1c03b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136ED 19608 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001690e.bin
caa7c37ab32e40533335e3beff9ca262a14169bcefde726ad72df580b95c6de3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1690E 10284 bytes