Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 191a28dd4318696e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:54:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c878186763f25bc0d09dbf478c4e5718 SHA-1: 306ea1320c24c31cac4ef820ac3eb7bba4e11f6c SHA-256: 191a28dd4318696ea6e0baf5ee08c9572df036418115c4b4e6deae9c108a5a66
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://vibangnhadat.com/uploads/files/wupakubuxibu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43785043d0---39878751130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16203308554069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://take114.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210729_CE70343FA3BA95A9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/859ed13a21643ebb65bb2d33e513942d/98477441624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0f9dae28f---jojigigigaradivapod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3d9cf2a14---94787342814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biondiairsystem.it/userfiles/files/faviziwepesasukenowibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapaliinsaat.net/file/pamelixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c63dca53ef2---46831915876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/ganorilikel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-tes.ru/files/file/45120579495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e3c17d0585---23303329710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/92847402020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhasachthunam.com/upload/files/parozegez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608183906b0a5---malegivozinuliwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cbef7bfb51f9343f178568c2d64da70/2513430783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnwealthy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/powamirogikonap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2feb4479fd---gofajapurosazipaparolus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ec6fc875b3cb6b2b8bd34bffbdedf4c/54238505348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laarakkers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejubavuxuxokivavitiwuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f343d6f69---38573439072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607946d51e2c9---72553853705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/savinofufozenek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/718ff247d744001fd413a56d44a417a6/56969328749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportyou.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76162647158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=accounting+journal+pdfPDF 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_off0000baa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAA4 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 77b58d42a843bd87f1aaa673c23003934c13db0ddd99af25446f18fd5dead333
font_01_sfnt_off0000d31a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD31A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB2C 14880 bytes
SHA-256: 01ab099c4285d1cf4970ba5b24dddfcd589241bb2f63c8f608bbd0d75f7783e0