Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 191e528fc1d8c399…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:07:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d45a9eace635a60457e15f42058b9b1d SHA-1: d59a5a7e21f0b126d8adabc9317ee98fd9bc968e SHA-256: 191e528fc1d8c39947beadd8bbafb58762a185984bd737ef5d74723d741a6fd9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs, several of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.neosynapses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/od99v7hstv4qltoaa8n0gg4kp3/pimezetelegaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e5df31944---51348727372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89196431622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3647b1756b---xevomar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/junupopudakerosapovizubaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silver.jo/ckfinder/blanc/files/kemelanunopawuvajige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092af5b7c7ab---16667213527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenplanetnepal.com/userfiles/file/38864217758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/xotatanematada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afcac3dc43c2ea7433f7bd34666baf9f/80377012184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szermgrt.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53047716852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advik.net/userfiles/file/toresexokigisulunadobavew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/81290380898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulbwatkinslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bebopedum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcv-bo.org/data/fcv-bo/userfiles/file/3800328883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatdangcap.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/wikafujotulegoviveba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classtool.info/upload/files/povironuvufidez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/86144126101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de5ed92e594afb5bf3ee64ad5fcfaf1d/54608874981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bomtvcloud.com/data/board/file/20210513190852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budgettranslation.hu/sites/default/files/file/32017574303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/zazoxatotizawivupovuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindatpeace.us/uploads/files/99556787629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelofthewinds.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vamavujibamuvajatikaduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=kindergarten+reading+worksheets+word+familiesPDF 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_off0000d654.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD654 17668 bytes
SHA-256: 55c3e0e7175a3a0438bce1a0191b51fb4801d802c6ab7bd823dfda59b662ade2
font_01_sfnt_off00010367.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10367 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 5e867f9d8522a653e718e332cb8cd65d99df3968ea137107d52e11f4ba25817c
font_02_sfnt_off00011c81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1