Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 192a89d5eb2e9897…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 07:58:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 276dd0ecc50e0b3cfbaa5971dea4e1bd SHA-1: e766e50b2e6e60f867bd32a22594f32c4aab92a5 SHA-256: 192a89d5eb2e989766c411f4930c8433949cf0be78793a2c774795f8b8f18868
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=umbilical+hernia+physical+therapy PDF link annotation
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq3pr47l4bntvf0nj05kf3ntun/32205080280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegreenlegacykeepers.com/clients/e/e8/e8dc17949b7ef813e9937e453902477f/File/widigovarogikarofuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1ip7pltlnghklc8j2o7650rl6/tutobotunamuzeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kit-veron.my/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lazoxazikibakudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t37n656po5u5hhab6gtbd0e7ch/fiviraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeeb7d786cebc4198ee2ebfc39b76c82/59543014313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e9e09ebb9---mibawemujuxuxitatime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/67322108795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed4bfed057---tegapegazipumerugusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3ac691cd3b---nukixerebubokixogesop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b40fb9c1a16---tapeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d778165a3f---roneweselo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/654ab9713cac9e20c0d1a01bb0aa3983/44580436384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sculecuacumulator.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/56023797402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430225016705653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ef8305e09---ropevox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae053a94b1f5a035b0d32a0ed3b1d34b/35547310314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ridersshop.it/file/55966763898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773b4888c17---gujiwusitifiwidanif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjhywt.com/images/upload/File/67522638990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eddn53ev89opp9g2lf079k3ps4/givipapazukeduxesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3mqvmu25n3nuo9avll775cj32n/duvurupetutowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802568dca36---badurogozazosudesilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000de55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f66c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF66C 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 940d15fa9a0779720c30a4db9abf7e25cdafbd3d0c615e4cebbfc4f2328b84ce
font_02_sfnt_off00010ed6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ED6 16036 bytes
SHA-256: 082bc103ff60b354fb2cf857c3397b91d7af448bf8914a61b734ae71bd8a04d7