Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a13bc3bfc243cba0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-07-14 02:47:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 55c0dbbee883625fa1a216a22f5f9af9 SHA-1: b718fda9eb6b2fef8c4b30b5d1eb0ba83339737c SHA-256: a13bc3bfc243cba0a0223296cbd7de3325816b44abdf6b7d3ba4cfd9a866ffc9
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file exhibits malicious characteristics, including links to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware. The presence of a visual download button further supports a phishing or social engineering lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9886

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://gastriklandsbf.se/UserFiles/files/xosunu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7e1gkoadf480ioh3653prdhr6/rosisiberumetalazofixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/rakidekijivote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-6/20210606154612810874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6484e59e4a37fdeafa870e538ef13aa4/fajatebulekujofolijun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3d7734592---bavosinewazebafuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4caa833b28dc522c2844a63ccfb8b60/zudofofexokorilosiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/53952358184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aftrgn3i4pb7logj5rhm5orv7c/raxomabikirijote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/vumakotosogemora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-kutnahora.cz/gais/image/file/setodudebubub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b777f424c43---riniger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menuiserie-sainte-anne.fr/userfiles/file/20950811160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/bizoxovotuvib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-5/file/78692741908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210602053008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-5/file/wefutelamufijitare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvnhm139bhraddqn9ph87nsdc0/wotamituvejarutizidari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/zejuzawaporora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3faa3f7d640293146712260043d5134f/18862853650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b46h8ie25me4jveuffb69q9r4/87538138701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24cvety.ru/upload/files/98680464522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3511ae5d28735540c9847c480defc6d9/norojalep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=ciara+ft+future+anytime+mp3+downloadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001011d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1011D 19012 bytes
SHA-256: 92018e3580d24aad91e2a9b7a530e0082bc02ad1269ba09bc980582de3fb5d1c
font_01_sfnt_off000132ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014b05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B05 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 05412380948f7099550ec49feafc167ca08a78e605988eac16d9e1ce12c9f9a6
font_03_sfnt_off0001649c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1649C 16296 bytes
SHA-256: 44924f4a1b43491dffe88a36c514d77da96b9f3c08ac534126df721baec90c73