Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 613d88c66baafc38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:44:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c7b95dd2c85d8b0f9e72d1665424bb06 SHA-1: be994ff64c5ad995b3d4ad20091b2f963a951a0a SHA-256: 613d88c66baafc383cf80592d184b31792284e9b96417659ec17bd5c0cfa3d83
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for phishing and malware delivery. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc15f59046d6c0417dbb6307a2057a99/tegoropikebesopo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xenangheli.vn/public/files/62839240343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0d27d60ec---88857401745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-pxl.com/uploads/files/wizawejozururedokow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83ht11m0r4gu3e19ba5lm223p2/62680875241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/xajaxebenapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa941ef1d10---jinajabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnlcoach.com/misc2/file/In PDF document text
    • https://bojovicsirogojno.com//files/fubuterevewogavifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67795602433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12434304459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712f6b185f7---87401435462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857b8944b6a---74412219268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e20b2781cf4---bokabatiwuguvepuxizivuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98g1rlur2es28615qu5ec4m8f9/80137376156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vientangluc.com/upload/files/6976682095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58a769cea82dc4bf79a7783b7120227e/zewaxaloteponajun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emons-verlag.net/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/83028484039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbixanh.net/uploads/files/11097198154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tc-antey.ru/uploads/files/tuvaferugozupojujofejeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69633071804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00871bdc639514c5bc8ac463f817a10e/sukeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwmd.com/upload/fckeditor/file/venomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phongkhamthienhoa.org/images/files/1418317218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capriololaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/41120923758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=andar+conmigo+acordes+ukulele+pdfPDF 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_off0000ccce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCCE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4E5 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 59758ca39b3b41b8c74114a283ec68fcb6aa92f4d4b09ef107428c7bdcb22460
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE56 18600 bytes
SHA-256: 94d81ee55017208bb4f301766693a1589e318bf839980a1aa1bae8cb6d1cc682