Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 713dab1a703b7ba2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:12:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 1172d604f27a8f5187e85bb23f3d9036 SHA-1: 8da6b91b84ad5c7788e3a6a07e5493254621531b SHA-256: 713dab1a703b7ba2e1988e596af235d7135907bd8ce531127c5eeafb771a9942
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs point towards an attempt to exploit users through deceptive content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://smit-electronic.hr/upload/datoteke/85717476891.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p9boj34534tlobqfirkb3gjitv/rebalux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9010e95f5a598bc2e590f3ae40b2ab2/lanezenofeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/437508e944fc03e1c56fc83e42d2c328/xulixozesedopawipozazuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/68606428101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd13fc738d---74234412861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a714abf9c4---zuvesixofasuziwoxewop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f17ba4833---80966458956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31f993f875204e7cdc664a000ac321b5/11060629109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artside.org/data/temp/file/45276490072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/36787321492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://menloathertonhigh1980.com/clients/6/6f/6f83464fe0b13873896cace574d4baa5/File/mogopumoxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baca12dfb76---xebeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/41351575627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f33eab3ab1---pudalagodurupusozixezedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a676a98229---10562610315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a307b500dc8---sakepasopubixodaxikukabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbwmd.com/uploads/Files/vopumovujaloturuzawuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9f833210cc76936c56f77d58d72994c/pewakaxitudebewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc24fad0000---38337251179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0746b6beef573dd65f5e9e7c20632cc2/pexamevimataz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0a0936a53---vefaruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=rugby+quiz+and+answersPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df6e3fbf5530a4d48712d1d1fd53e5a7/niboguwasadutuluwumoga.pdfIn 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://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_off0000d992.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD992 16592 bytes
SHA-256: 959417ddcee430f1a9b875f0dbe49273ef8aabb04ca6fc49759475184463a469
font_01_sfnt_off000104a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011cbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CBC 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 92c0fd8ba53f77d6a8b0c62bd35fb00ae5d602a7dd830567edaf961ae7e4f1f5