Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19140b17f0e27ff9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 02:04:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4711b61345fae05356107b08436b8527 SHA-1: 5311b0477903c9d766b244659aacf2c0847b62e3 SHA-256: 19140b17f0e27ff924f3af9637d7b2d29ef830fd6d7df1731cbac4a01a851990
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristic strongly suggest the document is intended to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://mollis.rs//files/49432253355.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/mitipepinilaloxasag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-gallery.mn/uploads/files/vodularuguzopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/bigelixedomatowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074cfed03d23---lidatixam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/35410737366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weddingdiy.cc/uploadfiles/files/20210606_033451_2699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b07b1cda2e6a71c5657f1faedb69174b/remajanojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4t24f5g54r4k2cs9u6do43rbq2/nuxugebusuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e8e6d711c---bubewatelul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607444d18ef33---10419015461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db6a4c31dd8---jenaderover.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inistor.com/ufiles/files/48262393135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ou3a09hr1r9jsq11h4b80rueb0/dapemanedofizija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16139be6232b16d5fdf046353e4c9d17/novumebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espiber.cl/images/uploadedimages/file/84136614955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/13964328366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c48d1fd5414---57515252758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a74860862b7---miriluzibibefozerigelobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/774fccbc61560d89300ba444aeee1fa9/jerefotewifukogosigobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o03l2u04u1ctdno1cm03v2ibi3/pojujom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750da30e4ef---97728176275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859440314ec---85376066613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875d01ad9f5---57381861662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=is+wants+a+verbPDF 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_off0000fd1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011530.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11530 18672 bytes
SHA-256: feb06b6dbf6a164e8efd5b02275ab2f910e654da0fe6071754946f673819f74f
font_02_sfnt_off000144c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144C5 10088 bytes
SHA-256: ba6efd25528196f187337fa224e1d443a992c71b0c418c3ee85b03418c65432b