Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 019f4dd96c3e01e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:52:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d76cab10c52568c1d17731f131e4f55f SHA-1: 05cb9ba7c0ff4398a37e9cf4d183321e2862ab9d SHA-256: 019f4dd96c3e01e3dc5683c4b1f2160c2ed66503b188da906fd9e2d0347296d0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicate a pattern of using compromised infrastructure to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c0965c394---30629069055.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a159b380edd---fakuwej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maryalo.com/userData/board/file/8184235339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttworld.hu/uploads/content_files/files/38785956103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e34a5f2e3c79366175a6846684d7033e/47042174167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoracing.hu/userfiles/file/69347971961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80adpfaaeictf0c6c7i.xn--p1ai/public/file/mowedul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083196ac0840---pasipevemuninad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/28891331057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/7121334717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd86f54936e---87958602605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quartierdete.fr/uploads/fckeditor/file/dafozelijexokonujawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44571132416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/zupitivosamilemuwidofoxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607105093a3bd---13815238666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiumevivo.it/userfiles/files/kefimotuxozigosojaxupijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d9e5ab1c1---biworapafekazeloza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/69931918249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/batajexogogumaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamphuhiep.com/Images_upload/files/71889777617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/wuwonerarive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iuoshili.com/upload/users/files/magidatumijexajez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/3316865100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1ad505a442---rexozakegadikukumibedif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+file+editor+app+for+androidPDF 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_off0000efc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC2 18172 bytes
SHA-256: 85722579b7315bf030b07ec17ea673cdc6174bb09a3a1acf8ad37cce7016d01f
font_01_sfnt_off00011f29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013740.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13740 10324 bytes
SHA-256: 8e8436bd59815da30a0ba3e2384220cd23a92d9e0d45b0b1bc0f3a0ac0156778