Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19010de11a7f15a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-28 00:21:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 72880eecfff2c8094d042dca2654603c SHA-1: b48a287de2032977ce52ccf30bc95d0856654417 SHA-256: 19010de11a7f15a8907296cc37bb3be3f878743b62259efc95428e1cf2dca3b5
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious campaign, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • PRC/3D content in PDF medium CVE related PDF_PRC_3D
    PDF contains PRC 3D content. PRC/U3D parsers have been a recurring Adobe Reader attack surface; treat as a related parser-exploit indicator rather than a specific CVE match.
  • 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://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716706b8735---38684972150.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd76038f6ff28c4b9813faa97519b863/61232120325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b1b9884857---wibonevabavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885bed4c6d1---mutafunave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb0fd62ed9---23213959039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/govixudurebil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpengineers.info/admin/userfiles/file/76858720469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ktmcollege.org/public_html/userfiles/file/togidokineripe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keongracun.org/contents//files/83279410476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibconsulting.it/userfiles/files/vevudewuxisal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sladkiy-ostrov.ru/userfiles/files/7070971637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccs-corporation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xusekurilatozezox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c1dc34f81---zawilimuvasatukizax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/45269835333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bddbf67c845---54821705076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0e45ba9c84---63451323252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a141d90ef4a93e340bfc2bc8b5cbd6c/79863862528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d54c71ee7426079d9f721b3833a7f667/33588996863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamo-tato.ro/userfiles/file/784529274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6448948b8471b97d20fb78c8d62ff058/zexofolexizen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b1f0dc7c3---1571492292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/388a3d813ba8c5ad065db46bee149ac6/duzibajixudivale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/wuzodasutobidanux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bc2c8e7dd76d26ec3caa1cc06385f38/18478867168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=diccionario+ingles+espa%C3%B1ol+pdf+para+descargar+gratisPDF 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_off0000eca7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104BE 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 6c0106f5b1ff1c5b20a7fe7684aabf4892f3ec9403165d9de4ac81a9b23affaf
font_02_sfnt_off00011df9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF9 17944 bytes
SHA-256: e1341da73c225ea35b9a15d074a6a03b997d79314c182ec0fa12143c67087395