Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 613a936f7334da4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-06-17 05:35:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: a3c480d18e32b3f0f30b207635055118 SHA-1: f6532916505fde4069671646634bcf0ab03f11b1 SHA-256: 613a936f7334da4aeb2a8224e5d3a8b6cb1e7fc4e4cd43b4798b906837666fb3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations used for hosting PDF files. The presence of a 'download' call-to-action suggests the document is designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=new+sinhala+novels+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c632d1383ee---jukepageme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac66c1b4766---buwatidiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b7d5bb0fc52eedf7a60b582f11f3998/tiragapiluniwajefiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/72049262052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/940312409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://densayhongngoai.com/uploads/userfiles/file/fewamitipipaxotof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnyras.lt/Files/file/sunamubojod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a615346f8---devakifedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8b120ce2f---buladusupobexego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607027bd16310---tasonapugabapodow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876f790d20c---felaget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/fedupixuvugumibolage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/wodevimedamilif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13b1d96bfbc9d56587ede346d7105cbb/24414003179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iqb4l5mbcvnh879vogil9riih3/jeludigadod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geocities.com/mitra_anirban/hobbies.htmGNUIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmRegularIn PDF document text
    • http://sinhala.sourceforge.net/In PDF document text
    • http://sinhala.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/sinhala/sinhala/fonts/CREDITSIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.htmlIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED5C 5252 bytes
SHA-256: d416deb4e12d7930ee5e72301d2c05444eabb35c44b26b0e8d0b10dea1a7b083
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF4C 4432 bytes
SHA-256: 9281615f46c07887a59cb714a5419e9c30711a4ed877826fa8eab9493a81df89
font_02_sfnt_off00010d63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D63 17328 bytes
SHA-256: b0ca8cbe59997e57ed8a55a3d44d9bcf29550663ee17ff94a4c5eedb61af2c37
font_03_sfnt_off00013a17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A17 2116 bytes
SHA-256: 8db65adc699bed2ed4e99b174e414cace916d9ae25f4e5597e3d94de4d1667c8
font_04_sfnt_off000143bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143BF 11536 bytes
SHA-256: b0a1654bea7a981c918d93d3be28646fa2e48fe027c092bb36ccc5fa80d73be5