Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 713f5f002af3a02f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 21:22:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7fccbd2d9d4df8f4fd0471d97bc25154 SHA-1: 15e19751c4754729cfa5565954c2190804869da5 SHA-256: 713f5f002af3a02ff9667e381c38da9fe86f8e2503e3cfe82d7552126652aac7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to serve as a landing page for further exploitation. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://topimmigrationlawyer.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55499275081.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vienhung.com/webroot/img/files/pafinujapaxowomubofoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a1f47e16f---bepunubofaweba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/morobovojege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/riketuxanitose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lk6cfclpfj39pd175mme7cj9se/botavugizelojiradobudab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e64a1c6ce6d56d6b060e0d3754ff99a4/92248897791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55dd63e339f324a9b3cb33db4080caa7/jixabavipiladirazabigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89665e0ebc71f7023b7f4bf548bfd6ce/66011410315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84068c9076---nozipupowokiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e3e71eb61---20307330128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/73085079498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/gejofigasabelekupawin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df908b6597cbe39565b851fa13464ae7/dukoselodonut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humicdp.com/uploads/2021-06-21/images/files/lofovanojijaxerizekopojad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b1b63ceec31d4464d54347b3ef2877e/73732202636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/bebisoxarugexuxapaziwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7f95fa69c6d5ff96dc7fb0a1b80dae8/95757667606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a776d111c08---kadekoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kl9drlaa8u2q5srdn2sa2dht0g/40456291937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dad65bfd94---lasugikajediwameva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b952c17f560---gobijadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bd7r50reqv0n9casoqtv7jscj/kibalolifujeranogibuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/15338390156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=cryptids+island+guidePDF 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_off0000fba9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000113bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113BB 16664 bytes
SHA-256: 6989f49bf1ddedbe60d58659eceb0b52aa8c78298da93bf4640759a8f97993a9
font_02_sfnt_off00013ef4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EF4 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 6f0df07fa0d551e71fd5b695227c7ef59fe03db14b5410b87d49b3e764980d2d