Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a13df16648f40ed5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 16:57:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6adad8d8a500c9078dc6aaf621852c26 SHA-1: d63538f60f412aeda6a708c3183ae64fe8b36ae3 SHA-256: a13df16648f40ed55663ff6fce2a5545c89d8344e27fa18c35fef8a7d5346582
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting sites, such as http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q3htcu60eeuqe289t80gtlmt42/35392983639.pdf. This pattern is commonly used to distribute phishing content or download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 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.
  • 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 http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/79550184530.pdf
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2df1aae5ed4643fe78fc0907a359040d/3245450062.pdf
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/jezobomolobojepomopa.pdf
    • http://rencontres-icare.org/userfiles/file/15636637750.pdf
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9a80cfb64---4579255689.pdf
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehbpvt0toq4h6a40aguu5c3mrs/72794397048.pdf
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ff3555dfa---37725886539.pdf
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842ee226caa---wazomeval.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q3htcu60eeuqe289t80gtlmt42/35392983639.pdf
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qvf9pf5vp903rpenvo8qf4mh6e/xipet.pdf
    • http://bodymindspiritconnection.org/clients/5/53/53f1eac0d8ee32431a47b4e1af774f29/File/najelobafu.pdf
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dad4c28a84---70695896962.pdf
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5thu6om07pidqgt32q7jkbn8p6/79123089633.pdf
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/vemet.pdf
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16083e19d4ead5---govepenonur.pdf
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8ac5e49979---dopuko.pdf
    • http://vietxetai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1esqhr1u3d2v6ne8uilp43qgu2/74870320802.pdf
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a963199ad5094f6ad2e569aa828572a2/dozodaxorakutijaka.pdf
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xuwuduxoseze.pdf
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608413c3264c6---lifik.pdf
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b80e60e75b---giweresagufonulanuz.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=calorimetry+problems+worksheet+with+answers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c09e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC09E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8b5.bin
aff62c6cc5240f3da2dd46f90337ac6596fe92ed08a677d63c8fbcb3a5bfab21
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8B5 10980 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1dd.bin
a136b42d50dcde0d5d5edb392a84c45b6a80e155d52800214a332ca6d3aaa4e6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1DD 16196 bytes