Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19369147cd314f9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.9 KB Created: 2021-08-13 22:05:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d81aaa8a9ff20b321f7896c54be5dfd8 SHA-1: 2dbb5456d2447e8b7b99d1cc0c05e0daf7263ada SHA-256: 19369147cd314f9c219d2fbc6eeb3a8ab0b272a30042583e40b1656bb92aae15
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for malware distribution or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+top+five+regrets+of+the+dying+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bf2b2c27d---45905936462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetmesum.com/contents//files/17993689395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harmonie-avion.fr/actualite/files/xeregufemalurufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delfosventures.eu/userfiles/files/xiwalibiwudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3780db8f9---kepodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81ff638b26322c1e8cf6a84f1bc161fc/86814223128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c999e902a02543dc4a2e81f276f14e78/puvojesegodanut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacviettech.vn/userfiles/file/15449497723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopsuathientu.com/uploads/userfiles/file/bokikakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dijedojix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10caea4b75defef062f0fed90169610f/zererubefemewob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d6b09e26ad35e9e8cb341b40d2a32e0/14494165266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/177677c05c0ccf962ee1c67c058ce2fb/32360834193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8623d3acd---57704234049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d57bca354---77092068010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciskmv.com/css/file/83545866851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65c48ee475190578c3b3d714082d75f8/66992779183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf224c61ba---litetalesulexas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5be67f0a86ceb5edcb8ada46d9f0d85b/56677365525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba3c0236fe---77617160722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d09855722f89dfbd92ee2b2d5899dab0/55405922436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd402ee48a2---1690478342.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_off0001174a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1174A 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 6830bea90e9641b8ac2b0db7c83b1e84242272ed8c954e89b79585467bced6c8
font_01_sfnt_off000130b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000148c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148C7 17068 bytes
SHA-256: 0e6ca2d1742dbc18f32c57696ede65149063c5387faeeec124843eae57607a6f