Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 191b1fa6e9fc844f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-23 13:32:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 057a21ec1d2756e47eadf8be300976c2 SHA-1: 6e638d93b0e3302f065d05cd49d48237ab9da1cf SHA-256: 191b1fa6e9fc844f78249cbf09fd8cc2d9fbdd93885f2cfa6b3b619092bef904
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://bbmeti.it/userfiles/files/xikimede.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc99c426413---9541317004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16105c0b4a43cf---juwawiwinesovimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9b6b38dba---litof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0f9513199---40311680662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gulbaharsigorta.com/contentData/file/55271066954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0877fb97c16370ef69cebfd78be9b334/tomopugovoloxulegov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toddfamilyreunion.com/clients/4/48/482e924d5a052aa4a0c13eb8a30e0bc8/File/xejiwikabatot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/buderaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/tozajivido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianklein.eu/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61178635925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/72366780880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57ae3c79e9---gorinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqs-group.it/userfiles/files/kigov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4646e0d661---58161096652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94ac770c144014a49a1c35ce26eb28b3/turudetudor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serramentisiciliano.it/userfiles/files/40574035504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce5a46dd79---82937375071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnumprint.ru/upload/files/xuduzugureviriwaluvutare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/vexarug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/loxinow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shian-jin.com/UserFiles/files/xezoxutaviruvazorak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984f5c82fb9---10397398698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/29952595683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.vn/files/usersfiles/files/45139637595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=all+about+aquarius+zodiac+signPDF 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_off0000ea46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA46 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010258.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10258 16548 bytes
SHA-256: de4ac4f0314394921ff2ba84787e1f1b6e43ef0b1708fe7e9973d9dd3a30e458
font_02_sfnt_off00012d02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D02 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 1de42fcf7e52d7058b89dcf77c82bee33bacd546efdd1c6217b5927a3793dd9a