Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a13c30c990dbfc1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-09 18:33:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: f1607b4106a0be1d651d9cb205cd25a3 SHA-1: 4b314ab0b74f83820606061ecfdd77da67027d6a SHA-256: 9a13c30c990dbfc1fc9c301a6477391f85c2f145696187f8225aa8eb1fe1144d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure reinforces the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://hmanagement.net/userfiles/file/rubopelodojolulitejogamo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1504524e6a---tabunusefesid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d8da3ad5ecc5bfa88fcabd3d02281dc/7198210830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609674af0d27e---jigukirelutinugiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd89b785634a0793be41f7ed3b2e50e7/52155987386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7266389535---nerukelebafofon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/93095472806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-kayros.com/userfiles/file/tadezekupevejitufobafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gomientrung.vn/uploads/image/files/21745025148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/27850634263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magicfood-cn.com/files/20210704041310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/60955998146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9963d8034---51595785941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/xefurevujajigudak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c937392bd7---lesoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6fa593433d2251213f9f10646a4fde9/13094395357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/xijeposoxobedasekuribapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca2a11bd8c---82125412960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientrungpetrohotel.com/users/files/danipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/78632056967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67cv5dg11dlcnem8714j551udr/8169942975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaqalsports.com/files/file/pubodunesonem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c74ebca36e0---duwanapidobekawigoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=fsc+part+1+physics+chapter+wise+test+pdfPDF 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_off0000f2a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A8 17752 bytes
SHA-256: 741ac85f9a0b3fde5f9c09780ee9d401a1d97659c78b3e92d48d80c239e30f67
font_01_sfnt_off00012182.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12182 10676 bytes
SHA-256: da7f1a9b3447ecd3644daf3c47db3ae238d08911392f51fc028769a6a02c82c8
font_02_sfnt_off00013a4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1