Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 189627a4e440c34b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:10:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: dab4d5a2eae972def2f88d691a18d3d0 SHA-1: b7502949cdd4e76f0a4abf660aaa7c0b6e14ea72 SHA-256: 189627a4e440c34bbd243d9634e9ddc8da475ffc078fa381064a7211d6b2dccd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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 https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983bd66fe04---37601142513.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d349098229f---57214128773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitalsyndic.com/userfiles/file/77732407788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoforace.eu/userfiles/files/69889479200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opt-russtd.ru/data_center/upload_pictures/file/6679463601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c12d3892ea8aa7d2855f3cbdc862ce30/37488836829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techscreening.com/userfiles/files/49779977573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hesexpo.com/img/editor/image/file/navetavoxuxunumubivaxadil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/62143245042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosvag.ru/img/lib/file/3856240849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607894172b1bd---vowapuzidufofozukabidiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa705a62592---56645218972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607592baab806---39580750508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078038eb61a7---3899959448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/2139389904609ec4b950f91.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/fidinolijodepirupebekipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12f87c17a4f497e5b3f0c4275c78d6dd/63723861270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f93817ce97---98721916235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78ijcprkcrs1e0lctgv1opn9sp/linaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/og47f0qfj6sjp9ui1upuq658j6/56086855309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cecf8e2a3d---fulelirusujukezomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaskills.rs//files/3967061049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34047be750e15da519301ad5a21e8042/8985745358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldwalia.com/userfiles/files/8229062424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=sylvia%27s+lovers+by+elizabeth+gaskellPDF 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_off0000db3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f351.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF351 10864 bytes
SHA-256: aef512a860affce07e7704c0dff4ffae799fa443c7ccf3a6246286888cf3962a
font_02_sfnt_off00010caa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CAA 17808 bytes
SHA-256: 3c8f92f9de1535a628ce65c0a73688da72f9579eb5c2a9f10bf417092558a370