Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 193a58abecccc91a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-07-13 12:37:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a2984ca4b99f31eb642f3804790aa69a SHA-1: 68efd091aac5a424fc9b1c9c47cb80c51db1ef36 SHA-256: 193a58abecccc91a24836fb61bd4838ab801c7836d448e87933a1c003db921f6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting sites. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae45b68c8fb---lolisupakojanajidilazo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160735376da73c---88941045296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/93659478392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93b798561c8b0f173279266f6f422b77/wowafabitigof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/jujisolaxafumibimam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51380c07a85e565358da57ceec00bc25/15174257636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/lojil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capital96.com/userfiles/file/japabupolubup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/jokerefaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cee01e3d4---setalaxijixatumuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habrit.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92925116632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/serezomemabewofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b711ddd308f---74700457051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scsi.coop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83671634e84faae0cec09e4d416f0a01/22397586191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/92307793251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc1462a6757---42855660590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runo34.ru/attachments/file/19036021344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8000800b3e11a496c9828ab07c956fc/86084303417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090583e7c6bf---8268649648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d730dacb0e56f525eb7679786c58325/xakuforikubaden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpdb.org/userfiles/files/wilomibobinimerufologa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/451913379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/3783199957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3bd583d45---91438798381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haozuowenwang.com/imagefiles/file/2906445120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=fake+location+without+mock+locationPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f9cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000111df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111DF 17088 bytes
SHA-256: 8d264b2267692f8a04d9bd8da8d1d6214f6be1246b03527f5bf73e85d05ebf71
font_02_sfnt_off00013e83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E83 10484 bytes
SHA-256: d25641cdf4a7f0b7a5b855b52647083d22d332f62c76d597e997895a5425daf5
font_03_sfnt_off00015624.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15624 1860 bytes
SHA-256: 562d39cc93351683f3420870a5578826c1285db13c691c08f99be18f4980e560