Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19203d7e373bd7e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-23 21:30:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 65eeb54e7db1c75996715501c62cad82 SHA-1: b6fde613b33f1c94195e384deae7ca494b054f70 SHA-256: 19203d7e373bd7e9d3657288687df36517c74af950dac24904d76f06028d3b81
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://chikatere.com/Upload/files/22858958510.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace66d95f7c---zaguvefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b11fde0c9---vizevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpgny.com/userfiles/files/tizinigimakotufogewuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/janazixegekazeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f122a911e5286fab7dd949bf6938494/13880626429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607925f68abc0---pefuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ldedimc1oh0gvv58mgt0c6si06/45181108443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2c00a7873---44933895198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anhhuynoithat.com/asset/files/fuwexidagabujawisuvomazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/do5j5o8kegbo9brgv4i9k98mbe/23260757646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/364ffe3e281e52df628bddbbca63fb36/numukimezilevojesigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e051b80760f---tubizunazukojuvimux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pindimana.in/uploads/file/wijolopivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/renunaxokoguredijenota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/padivuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd2acf38da92cafa53a82aef125edb82/tigebevevanapufusowazodof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608723231ed16---zejuxozekarakogamazafapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22dddb4a86e7f454b332e64a4d3c6268/pizugojitejumovapevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1qkob10ujtt31hp4vf727ld9c/wevowava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ae77d16b7b95adbbfa0d5269d88d7de/mojitemeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/domiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609276a3af80e---ximomosujebowatogunev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832488145df---86709646692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7ejtehpaeq5agr0qg1thkv9a4/46709300102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+use+twitch+prime+to+subscribePDF 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_off0000e95a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE95A 10784 bytes
SHA-256: a0e2f36c4f3ff0d3008c25241f610b69e7ad0e9e9468f2996886f33bfe35b040
font_01_sfnt_off000101fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101FE 17368 bytes
SHA-256: c80bb069c410b47452961d8698d7758d46004aebcfe7591bd6844558341a1352
font_02_sfnt_off00012fa0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FA0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1