Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e13477409cc5455e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 03:08:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 01da19d01f058e7da178482e2615561c SHA-1: 74a81a10adfda317f6d33a8640e2dfa03b7d5765 SHA-256: e13477409cc5455e48cc85f2e5c7d4a9190a31dfe4544e724c02e5cb157e1d8b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pattern+lock+downloading PDF link annotation
    • http://dorinhawear.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/kejizafome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d55e443e7---165566771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/fuxipanaxepibinatoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5c58941b9abbbe345691803c9fd9e50/salotuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degeninhotel.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fixudejudinatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quatden.vn/webroot/img/files/86793880234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23842560800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139fb61df3c6---nuwurebavajoxokulufuxoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/sonanibulewiwivavelopozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rapn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32136324023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshuka.ps/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zevaxevedobenufepifevudew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oguzlarotomatiksanziman.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/mazivex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberryhomemade.com/userfiles/files/wovepibimexivevawivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ciar.vn/uploads/image/files/84970575502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettocecinacuore.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/15831984425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleb777.com/fck_upload/file/55598183465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161358f3c3cedb---takonox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18590094870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northcoteplaza.com/userfiles/file/zexezevutebefipatelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarkar.ie/userfiles/file/75417105610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playbabydoll.com/userfiles/file/12598698809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-krmelin.cz/app/webroot/files/files/vojolewajuwafimovexin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613590a8cf5cd---48324136295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxerdapolenta.com/cmsimple/images/file/48219075381.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_off0000d3e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3E9 18556 bytes
SHA-256: ac7cb335ea7986ecd9c564cd4eb9b0e77da1fdfe51105c879dea1beb6306a87d
font_01_sfnt_off000103ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011bc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC3 10556 bytes
SHA-256: f56dc8d4f719b2b1e3378acc910b3ee6e6b3c1da773f32e09d378a509980473c