Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 194aea5645bb0525…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.7 KB Created: 2021-07-04 02:35:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 821fa4175300e992ce341443dde05241 SHA-1: 9c7ef9cfc72fa20b0e9be89ebb79e1213266a643 SHA-256: 194aea5645bb0525fa844c9f50354f0087d434842a84f20bd66af543809ab27c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure as a link farm is a common tactic to obscure the ultimate destination and evade basic detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://castanienfamily.com/clients/74558/File/mugavizal.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3jjagq25alovlu4lnqmgnml1qe/mokefumufiwujatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c377f5ef78ffe6cf3991b5ac364d3dc9/xilagefaganel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f5b18151a0---87160926518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sequoia60.com/clients/875776/File/gupojowuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ad839b143---50120386602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/39891061448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockdental.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68cc86f74d43ee4408d75550a3dbf4e5/bufiturokunakadofojatexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloshoppingnepal.com/userfiles/file/42345638822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97f1908410---dasogafunipoloririzovage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aa660f20f6649caf295ed07df7df6ec/dukumesuvaxugubilagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838ac8a7e4b---95323087468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d44ee60f813---21047838936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce1f812335---supekuzoraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5a123035a799133b02104fec3305a96/20723121659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b27004c5408---lakasutedokuwakizum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ficsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q4bt55in9obg11p744t1bon2id/xajimepukuvavizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79ffa44adacbe8e6bddecf54124cd629/13678672635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/463jbrbkj5kuo27saqnvvf3qb8/21031599632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vih0178g4mvsekfmqvj4a610hv/zujojokapupabarawit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790c192b239---jasowuwuwometo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48fb3bceed7373fa7668c6b21e54efcd/99635630163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609888380b4a3---rozadupixamelikaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=2017+hf+guidelinesPDF 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_off0001476e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1476E 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 1f26aa609278fbf05a44d85112e4cba2875c89895d221a7307f89330f1a752b8
font_01_sfnt_off00017633.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17633 10500 bytes
SHA-256: d7c66a3adeeb5493169bd3f38cfe12517d8887e8259cbd03dbd1cc9478fda9df
font_02_sfnt_off00018de3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18DE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1