Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01919728619b0c69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-10-01 14:08:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: b372022c3fc4dec45dd4baacc9f7844c SHA-1: c06bc38a89799879b436cd7fbf76d7d31d5aba14 SHA-256: 01919728619b0c698a7b1f3932f900187db4fccdade73f5d051291ef28388aab
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 delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, likely to host further malicious payloads or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bd8462594a---95526926250.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb1ccbc364---18274957666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/tujugepiveludegovuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bdd999bd27---wekola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changjiujz.com/uploads/files/202109082125518996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myvideoclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/13113198506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kratky.eu/files/file/85402064396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livnica-metalurg.com/images/pages/file/duritirabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zunomixojezilofaxunarize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intervalhousehamilton.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38540019414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fge-service.com/userfiles/file/27054635131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wowbond.com/upload/Fckeditor/file/bemepiwowun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.funes.gob.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/torokaton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b2c9a4825---sujekilud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldanang.vn/uploads/images/files/75860486251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bulgariapools.com/contents/files/pumabofikivazuwobarujis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatename.com/uploads/files/202109270502264493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reflita.lt/uploads/files/dalipabulowuvajove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/bitogosipipazidov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flyingwedge.com/uploads/assets/file/24828194978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eaae8e3a57---63939304212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emailreceptionist.net/userfiles/file/2373391064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redac.ch/upload/79457254715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minhvuongthuphap.com/upload/ck/files/51324567553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijpdua.com/contents/files/9604774727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=when+she+loved+me+violin+sheet+musicPDF 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_off0000d604.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD604 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 410e1a078e7fe55e1b25afc68d63e378d6db699c3ea8a7a1b98ee1093743226b
font_01_sfnt_off0000edd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD8 20848 bytes
SHA-256: 6c2ae80e0cd70ceae090b0344efe7b2513bb80706dfdfa23f281b935c08b2775
font_02_sfnt_off00012501.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12501 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1