Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 190feafe51a36e73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:49:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f7c347b51f42817b6b391fd7dfb6bf83 SHA-1: 49ce8ba4266b3d7e00164e792cec0d5a77b3055c SHA-256: 190feafe51a36e73d0a75b68f25278d176baab65f2fa86b05d663b2f2c09e282
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various domains, many of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads or hosted on disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded links are the primary indicators of compromise, suggesting a link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://dermatologie-francophone.com/userfiles/file/nuletawuvedopig.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/wepebuvaxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talleresimad.com/images/subidas/files/64402574398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petraifevronii.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xufijevedevisezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb63697caeed6c37871bd879d657ffe8/puxigovuwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/37916843301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/79887800928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephfellerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gozebovekamikemimofil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abctranslink.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rogapaginokisinebizivuzit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/xovebodasetubatuvopenes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32vma7092qsni85572k5b3e303/xejuvabaxisap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49avwqct32ewe967crscpsaz7d.com/ckupload/files/tusupalidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55f8c6eedc0805744f3852b31392b865/39035906617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pt9tn5uqp8bn000cv9hi75k2sc/99134616385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fd-health.com/upload/ckeditor/files/60822655507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/tupogixudeferuridik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creative-format.com/upload/editor/files/6964039845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/gajojat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0c2f872f43---nuguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cmb867so61fibfu54cdenk4m8n/38692286122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099acdf86e17---zaramazoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e4a35c6416---poxepiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/modogifiruvepekamunil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itssilvertime.com/clients/2/24/24efe347a73a8ce028152bf895bc11a7/File/fitiloxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161239cf89f3bb---dirarugowosetunozudiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=calculating+volume+of+a+cuboid+worksheetPDF 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_off0000d70c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD70C 11436 bytes
SHA-256: 68cb146a84c7592e2c81c746b1e7d0c3d1aa5c61550b7981242315eba82256ae
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C3 19608 bytes
SHA-256: 4f102162863b416102f0c03f116798a157eb8f8654c71066c697b8589f972a05
font_02_sfnt_off0001245a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1245A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1