Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 196fbcbe2b036777…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 01:58:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c889cbaac8478b60a9a4c629e51675af SHA-1: 492e96aa95c70f9a930a3aff2c44f0fc02aba111 SHA-256: 196fbcbe2b036777c9b7e0b8cdd62a95e44d4dda4612f8694cec1f31320a91d5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The document's structure and the nature of the URLs suggest it's part of a larger campaign to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://graphicyazd.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kezezigidani.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ieeepes-thailand.org/app/webroot/files/files/6937766454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://managhantasala.net/mailuserfiles/file/69917535745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonhn.com/d/files/diduriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gm4emrkar26ft24pc8openqsi4/gazuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlm-kg.com/uploads/file/77403070763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebeautyofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wizatagofosoruruwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eeb9354041---gujagepugemotonebuvetox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismopontevedra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kutax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huthamcauquanggiap.com/upload/files/33292197783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ddc7135e2cdad18733686f312c86414/niwejazimajitetumatenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7f72e34f09854f8a366763e4e8881fa/52434210804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laptopplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/pifekuzisezidexavok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efced083ef---83855724235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/ruladisasogekitikumutatug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gopherandsquirrelcontrol.com/admin/images/file/woketobemebulominoger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://printific.com/images/contentimages/files/71480777453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/75901051792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/545de9348e46d8ee2ce4dabf47af36b6/4195920519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hfnhsw.com/upload/files/98765538572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b836e6a6097---lipoduxojamewurapabatitip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/71806947296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4a4808c479---29382932608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91b00241a247e28522e09b82e3cefcd6/3665284812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708c8ccf839---15438779900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/lokamirafavuloni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=oventrop+uni+lh+manualPDF 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_off0000d739.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD739 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 9f53731b9f409d960f4449c6b7fa25359b7e074ac097cb99975e59e9a2099beb
font_01_sfnt_off000105a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A8 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 644b705ce492de44043eaccf328a76c0f0632f35351539a3a7fbb5ba978146cb
font_02_sfnt_off00011d75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1