Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 190c424727d917d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-06-25 18:15:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 01e4ff7f806909e10f01f562e860d762 SHA-1: ad443816e271f21f60379f3a874836a8bc0df923 SHA-256: 190c424727d917d881847bccafb49559b522c2303bba71ff7d4b348ff517c437
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of multiple PDF-specific heuristics related to URI and link farms further supports this. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+practical+performance+analyst PDF link annotation
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/1167151138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc917e5025---67047217218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071749a42372---dufigete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absigorta.come/file/zamanivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioambienteterritorio.it/userfiles/files/15550455175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0e6ikqivqj8e69cpaerm5ggra/fabilivepuvasepivukim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f7303e52b9596f7df0c69e33b86eb7d/11009976117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaba.net/userfiles/files/sogoduliderapuloma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oh368u0fdhep55n5t0b2ipv46r/74638574119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qjlrs12fv92bvibno24o3v3vvd/vagekisovanawofizije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160933fabe6872---25675060945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/84681098166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65ubd8d18ct3is2m8keq80vn9s/weturerebapukimaxevipeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843f94685fe---43041469436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33200cce6dc1f16a37eccaa0362f7287/fubusasanebezevoseroluriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/gamorokopozupez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t74naege95vugvn8vhukvf2fe1/sulofedenosewopovosuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/341tsr8q31snb1lv8b2qukqvq0/21558580140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/34366018462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/97042529104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff8d1e91c1---mitibidazonajoxomudaluxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29373a1c6859be4b805c717be49a4193/91167348657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a150a0a4312---9508735641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/dajimilofepezubeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ef35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010747.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10747 17864 bytes
SHA-256: 10da8b86277b59796b822f84b84b84774fa85ee8002ed12c1c07625c5e151c55
font_02_sfnt_off00013649.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13649 10824 bytes
SHA-256: e8ffeccf1955360d40ca517e611abc772f60776c4325e5c0764f8a83e605d2df