Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 194b23e87338d0ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-08-03 14:49:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7243282675c74d7ff52bf26007bed39d SHA-1: dc5af02da36b97497d21de23e858ffe57da60519 SHA-256: 194b23e87338d0ce1410e2df3e6ed2f3bf5aff42cf3128a4d1a4c9d875890e43
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a tactic to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948e9e16671---48865082926.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c68327e5402---vovajedapejekowixoradikut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonkitty.com/webroot/img/posts/files/firadexejuzetasufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uctodane.cz/UserFiles/File/26350715119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/31814132498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff9b3d7582---wuxevuwalikise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlmrockstars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88426196119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fd242bd72---71814987093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioghittigargnano.com/userfiles/files/japaripiwoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.de/img/upload/file/201646263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/somumunagevomudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c73e957d8---xetus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878e91e85ca---56312628525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/sawizorasejatekilitere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ddc0110ede---12974664531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/158f18cc33980e40d997bbb4e7b448f8/35349336162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifitness.hu/userfiles/file/gitozogasim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/dodejudiduwatasezuxopivav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4666c7188a018e526cb6e9990ffa78bd/29694329104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=hill+climb+racing+2+mod+for+windows+10PDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03cbdaab4fde91d48dcaf099fab287ca/wutibefivikikefa.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_off00010613.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10613 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 5614bbac1546a13aed3e8287c0194b09beeaba080d8d9bc70a1c6dda4a916afc
font_01_sfnt_off000134b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134B9 11100 bytes
SHA-256: e39195811934ab25e46b071330528a0bce901e35347390b5417076d3f5236307
font_02_sfnt_off00014e6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1