Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc13acd6c3649026…

MALICIOUS

PDF

166.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 14:11:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f77fcc1f0b6156ab374973aa82bb1edb SHA-1: e8096eefcfd1d55a7ff5a67ceff8689c30a33b2a SHA-256: dc13acd6c364902669ebed3d6a9bee20dec48ac840f8272302c89e969f4aa3cd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting further PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to distribute further malware or phishing content through a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9903

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16087e7bca9424---dowutimefokuwofexegim.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artetendasud.it/userfiles/files/xafikedizefukud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/6921055752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homenet-spb.ru/userfiles/file/tataru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073483a6e21a---22876441100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b13eef9f9ec---25580660945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608336f0233c7---tivazuwimizujusil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/febotekapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/wugenorobazatodevebudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a454hj7jql1adujtaq5rrq30o2/wewakaxifili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexforstarlight.com/clients/4/41/4125d763bdae894b2c088b8c4c0f4705/File/50814163668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caa6c49d283---16086673901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17cc2adcd22bb36ac0b9170948d58648/nuguburulemunaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f545d9494229d08594d0527078e0e3db/buzutolonuminan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handientu.vn/userfiles/file/joxuwatozubixinivexonafep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/salavolofusivole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/79564537287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/32738552575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/luxopereponuwevap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eacbf948bf4aba9e1b9ca445ab4dbf27/75697320432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d247c937685---13087596754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c103122ed12---78649824607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/kunep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6gf1tml5uihgtcdh0608egar61/75874848356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2008d763bf---5282164969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=a+little+knowledge+of+science+makes+you+an+atheistPDF 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_off00022a09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22A09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00024220.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24220 11196 bytes
SHA-256: 74be57aeeef1c9b825737a4a15e9e679c4bd546d1e02abb32405faf442e2a955
font_02_sfnt_off00025c0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x25C0B 19120 bytes
SHA-256: 2a176747439c5a850a94068e04b76dcaa2ca41c52e972d1d2bf152a8cea240a4