Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f13ccace15dc79f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:13:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: bf97f2e793022320710f2a4ecede4664 SHA-1: 0f179f262fa280689fb9887f59083f28235923df SHA-256: f13ccace15dc79f5961a8ed053380e8d243e3ad14d9dc8ea74ab1e26f374fea9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://hantechwelding.com/userfiles/file/2021082503522973499.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc01556bb9---55696308405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7kmhr1u1rf49o5l0kc8c91i7e2/winuguzopubesapufetegopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114053d2c4e0---76298657355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d880b7a55db5d1e1f8d5491489463e6f/24591085708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabo-meccanica.eu/userfiles/files/futejivofaxejam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad56969742d70871477be307f19ff5b7/duxevuparuzijer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infotechb2blite.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/74568770289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonamedicalcenter.com/files/galeria/files/58363893227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4faa04aafb1645fc209458c696858c2/80782479253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1fbj1h82pc1ta84nuvumsbuue/denugovasafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/84808669333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erpos.sk/data/files/feziranokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pyramidplaster.com/file_media/file_image/file/75085540988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e057680b33a---jowixolivinek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16127c915c5016---setup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynxitservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xepizowisitarumup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celcg.pl/uploaded/file/43780698503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wenimujewaporopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/bevusiwozivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wahluenfty.com/userfiles/67659693161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074588764a08---wosukenuxopewanusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamilannuaire.com/var/www/vhosts/vps296430.ovh.net/tamilannuaire.com/images/file/27678340375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bba9ad7c9c---modusozarefurosikaletuvoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=second+grade+first+day+of+school+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000d851.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD851 16956 bytes
SHA-256: c591a78656e9beaea28e6d6b85a2b30ff531191d5d9752685bfdeb1129943bf9
font_01_sfnt_off000103ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103EE 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 0ddd4548f2c97cc9da5f0ac00d11fa100960699bb71f5b1d54aba875347a433d
font_02_sfnt_off00011dae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1