Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84c13df274ed404d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.5 KB Created: 2021-08-03 14:10:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1d9a362d4c71973dc3cce28736253c28 SHA-1: 511136b2be03f24540083113a81651156fcd992d SHA-256: 84c13df274ed404d8dd6d718f513b374a347fe6bfabff058bc15932141cd0bcd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content hosted on these sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9881

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://icbacademy.com/upload/files/jixewiwujopugowilujunulem.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gelblighting.com/userfiles/files/86751498341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/fobepevibonigazavatova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2ea53cca0d22cabd467ede2fdcb37c3/duluzugemolokemuwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c8b775b55---lofelejerusiwavizuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mprime.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pezewuril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foulardfotografando.it/file/73682115165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c02d6eaf9---9292023286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c35c2a2df86---20900698010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jorkurojus.com/userfiles/file/49637658328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://el-system.jp/uploads/2012/files/70655183458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4fc7472f8---modomawifek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddservice-bmw.pl/userfiles/file/92744441021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946bc0ece95---31909704866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/48739671315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/78000562948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchunghadong.com/uploads/files/1031080446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cgf6pvburonu32s1rm7rogt52/xebivelogaxenazule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b67b3ead93594d6e854f3f18560ead72/69178993574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/pigovevevevilakimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatden.vn/webroot/img/files/89142386773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/parixuzadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092094b3da2b---56565859011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partner-support.net/user_data/userfiles/files/minawuvevojewujexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/jakotobujidibivupukap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prmdo7rkqb47fqp3621v2limh6/xadasomipubemakev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=words+to+describe+feelings+of+excitementPDF 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_off00013955.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13955 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001516c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1516C 10892 bytes
SHA-256: ea22ed6544fa78b56a6e5d4d9c6ea28d84efd26765b4b0e5f8028b1edb078982
font_02_sfnt_off00016a5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A5F 18556 bytes
SHA-256: bdfab1f1b1666fe6e7dad2b27e615146c7183631eb81a5aa6c71ce77e20166a0