Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 913a50dbca436a17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 19:16:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5731a0fdc5287f206854ea4769b8dd94 SHA-1: c558f92e05012ad34500fc484209ca32c1013c8c SHA-256: 913a50dbca436a174d9ce9def2023ff77fd04fd2d9e332f8d2e5ab4875957651
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to trick users into downloading further malicious files. The presence of external URIs and a link farm indicates an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pyccenter.com/images/Upload/file/86379874438.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132f0581a8a3---mirivubuxilekiwoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbwingslynnhaven.com/uploads/files/jevazanetoponoxokor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centroolosprato.it/userfiles/files/tufiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/repigorurisokanojojuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smenergy.kr/uploaded/file/19256034626142001ac32a2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pulsekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/radov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ojchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41019462446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail-business.ru/uploads/file/79300011259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redigonda.it/userfiles/files/90030544859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexinform.com/hirlevel/file/75724330945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchterreni.it/userfiles/files/tuxawadulebawekajigadiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bitadapopadew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkqzl.com/uploadfile/file///2021091021532842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e13ce006659a321850ee1c2caa43b067/japisij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctcinsulator.com/uploads/file/towiwiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/17909623054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adimhukuk.com/resimler/files/muzewefujila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161321265f20d7---vawupenotono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjo87ue43gand63miaacsqlf06/93098926371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gestcargo.com/uploadfiles/file/28666714723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpksieradz.pl/upload/file/jodibodarofoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volandovia.it/public/fileeditor/file/141422283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=best+instagram+story+saver+for+iphonePDF 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_off0000d799.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD799 18516 bytes
SHA-256: 9415763fb116ce38c68c3ca05c60719174b89e31c0403346beb752341bdcb0fd
font_01_sfnt_off000106fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106FB 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 04daa96ed6d002d4e165d7d87810495c75d2a8e1e6a44575696cb2cfc3536f78
font_02_sfnt_off0001206d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1206D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1