Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 192ced497c67bd00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

120.6 KB Created: 2021-08-25 12:20:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f6792ad37fe72c89094805c7fa36e24a SHA-1: dcc69864d53bf9777027cf707872420b2173d6c2 SHA-256: 192ced497c67bd0098bb405193b49e0ced766a968c6bc052190cc7f821458949
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which host other PDFs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, suggesting an attempt to hide its true purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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 http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720a15f2478---23873698642.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b956b4713c---patedobapedimotiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/225a2fab1a0a62cd5da55a9fd7552486/satazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iem80q78ikv8hn69tvo89skbe0/3771124487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ji380118efm8dhui417lu75t3/73544422844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wgadget.com/file_media/file_image/file/9163475529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istanbulballoons.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nozobikopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuontoanthang.com/media/file/mezezadarewaxadovefusixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnermind.cz/images/files/tupitiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreams.cz/files/judegijejevizege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ypdtools.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/xumowigumubos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicohigh1987.com/clients/47015/File/tufobitexipujopugizuzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/bazefimegakij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/701f85375b610637def942918188f712/28851247057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/1000027577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eingangrad.ch/userfiles/files/90346236405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escrima-rlp.de/userfiles/file/15713102308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079881c9d9c1---wufanidepozaxulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ms6kuqpvdp76m3o3p1tqjqnqdu/valagirulatewisabofenono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3dddacac9---28360014955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6226084ea---58010409960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/pebojutabibiwatobaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=dave+barry+humoristPDF 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_off00016e49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E49 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 52094e94e607f603877bcfe7a4b14695d6ef5248dcec518cb9f1eccaccfed738
font_01_sfnt_off000186ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x186BA 21396 bytes
SHA-256: b83d4ec7f1a8ca7125d03837ccbb1f394aa7842101a572ea193b4399d03f722a
font_02_sfnt_off0001bab5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BAB5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1