Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 193e3503393bccce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 00:56:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4f9c89ea3259bef7ad70b95674a6f0d4 SHA-1: 37d1ff9c34144f48da25c323f1d6a3984b41098d SHA-256: 193e3503393bccce601727a9de6eda2b0a5a4194b3f58955e8668a0cc6d7bc34
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links on compromised CMS upload directories further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://avesta-hmora.boj.se/uploads/userfiles/files/ziwajebufifanutexef.pdf
    • https://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/82404129723.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a0d110d02---1754651212.pdf
    • http://vo23.ru/upload/file/mobipolaw.pdf
    • http://mylivediamondinventory.com/uploads/files/bezizimewisuge.pdf
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v0vs4lrbeuabi27vbvk7bav3fa/78105618040.pdf
    • http://iknow.pl/files/file/volikukubofobukakul.pdf
    • https://koetec.com/home/~ptow/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pawafusinobofigawumoses.pdf
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/mapiwugisijoru.pdf
    • http://cpbnatation.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/lowidexevujok.pdf
    • https://habrit.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waxezosoxot.pdf
    • https://noriupapildu.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95711446780.pdf
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/32192346700.pdf
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141134ca2801---jujojifulajufagemebikesep.pdf
    • http://ashioke.com/images/library/File/74216868997.pdf
    • http://fractinvest.com/uploads/file/josamiluxil.pdf
    • https://angem.fr/userfiles/file/92005583307.pdf
    • http://taociren.com/upload/file/210911105713445377jrd7ibsc3n12.pdf
    • http://www.armstrongre.com/files/files/79393495030.pdf
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/pibezu.pdf
    • http://boonfagrandhome.com/user_img/files/vifedakadabuwilemo.pdf
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369a06c9e4b---jakuduwew.pdf
    • https://xn--fiqa735be48e.com/upload/files/xeleberetelaguwe.pdf
    • http://eapver.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109190119354138.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=naruto+shippuden+ep+223
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c2cb.bin
952b6fd56fa2962605913ea1043ee8e62b4d3ca87ae2ff35f635056ea1af722c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2CB 17368 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef82.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF82 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010799.bin
1fe09eb78b8d5139c26111b611515db29de9738337fa543637185f3eeb4d4f22
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10799 10812 bytes