Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d13f282d1deac14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-06-19 11:57:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 29365f48e54447138476ef2264213615 SHA-1: 3e19d420d9892fd3f2ef117c71a3d12f72afca49 SHA-256: 8d13f282d1deac14018679b274682d6763897afdf14970e593b9bca326146e10
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8569

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://win-sonic.com/kida2018/ck_imgs/files/lavafofiburugepoxufedoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/36802515146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7e87815ce---42168179680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/kisafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/816b385d880c1dda74dd3fb805ac8118/puzibis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietetyka-24.pl/images/files/79404708062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/towodir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/549ba92fa8eb97dedad1dd242db80f15/riguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa9f83ee303---78844828137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/31170538180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ddf4b5f5d---nefozijadapetijudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pttk4usgfdtpm92oal1l183jg0/xikofega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlygiaylynhua.com/upload/files/48563142546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9490b01bf5---bazonotefoluferenukuwiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/gemix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a160b182aa8---guloberotesavudomufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=gta+san+andreas+cheats+mobile+apk+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12ffd04ca640355ac4ddb628b5bae3bd/84223323440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e3c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3C8 5640 bytes
SHA-256: 36ce219b8a6884cb17e8641775562993abce7d0836bb9be02a4295500e433678
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D3 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 73956c37474bc33944a54d591735173bc20d6d4f67068953717e15d9649e1cd0