Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c13e18bc7c8c436c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 02:54:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9d43296a89da5e645badf9231b304945 SHA-1: 27503102a8d47417694ec198f8cd6fc5d850b1b6 SHA-256: c13e18bc7c8c436cc90f36c48bb9ed7f72215b2a1da1cf0fdee129cd338cb1b6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The document also features numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of JavaScript and external links indicates an attempt to exploit users by directing them to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=taekwondo+apk+mod PDF link annotation
    • http://precisao.org/files/files/63076819448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptichile.cl/userfiles/file/masezanow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wobutakabakinobesurisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4a43c0bbff6753c5dfdac3956381521/27303653867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marikakozmetika.hu/editor_up/52444257988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohdiabo.net/images/ckeditor/files/2453748063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/firidazafite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papinchess.ru/userfiles/file/45841840373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161411b5e87800---pivigevufumokusobisot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scsychem.com/upload/files/8819679647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc-driver.ru/userfiles/files/fitoriredudugixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/47568569184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptheduc.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/mudotunowel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroyindustry.com/userfiles/file/zafajipalisarokoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614119d946302---kamotuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/210908051535400127vzlzowy26483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzsabegi60szallo.hu/UserFiles/File/rarerizimomopokeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rarahil.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sezubofoxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/pigowiwupobut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trips-in.com/ckupload/files/89663307555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/69201969980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.algeos.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/volebizid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njboyuanchem.com/upload/files/25485532811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbmounts.com/userfiles/file/1631377735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d48e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD48E 18816 bytes
SHA-256: 0a3ff6f83dbba87b358abf212c8b0047fe866b4dac225ea5c9e922618c40de90
font_01_sfnt_off000105ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105EF 10192 bytes
SHA-256: c53563c0070d0578b4980bd9c1206ffd5b081d287560a545d786310e603e3231
font_02_sfnt_off00011ccc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CCC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1