Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 191d62aa383912d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-19 08:00:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2ce4c59fa444a3bbe867d663b58c1404 SHA-1: 7d34f1d03235ce2d294c0c17c2e70e5088cc1fce SHA-256: 191d62aa383912d56252d34c87969ff8da698985ed11941394bdf6b6282a75c1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely intended to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or malware distribution scheme. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a downloader or redirector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9891

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://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bc04bb463ad53ac7d7066ed722b613e/lutigukebazizej.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sukaunited4d.vip/contents//files/52607790345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607169d944f48---bunowiwavupuwomanopab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c64d9edda7062b62c67e75884febff1/39815190892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/298e2abb44406337eb28bb20c9aa2f84/51760079179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7r2lkm95fp91g6qhk6umkgcag2/59375703000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe17f20402551f09754f71004fb11a51/99094863696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonafideonline.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba29a1bcae26df662afff97027540a0a/81379152794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081aa18e03a7---duwoxipes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--knstlerische-biografie-arbeit-lbd.ch/userfiles/files/30322453870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8dcd39c3e1---63390999867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-10/20210610025531217008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/41306978741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2815d38617---wuxofimerejoxumajewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c210f3dd880---23769760436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2d62ee56a---96665369103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomeforeclosure.org/images/file/damuwexeseteri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b563aabe910---73155228957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070222e73c71---89718084977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51e10a7c263714f77ff250d854fedbcd/83119622867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cdee9826f0104804f471cdc20f300c3/12417600425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/xolubinogaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca07452442---dodisabarofixemukufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobeIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=do+school+interview+questionsPDF 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://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_off0000edd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD3 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 37e2e3e6d3a267eacb7182f4d9e11c6a869fda4a735412c2f3d5dc03e3d390f3
font_01_sfnt_off000105ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011dfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DFC 16496 bytes
SHA-256: 291c4839870b1add79df594fadf13686fe2d543fd8330f917b09e5abfb6d4e5f