Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 199a491661df80cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:45:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0845b2ab84df426357234ce0ce0d12d5 SHA-1: 5301c687080c1ec736cdb62251e13932f83a13a1 SHA-256: 199a491661df80cd30c358dee55fa3ad3f14db80814b9868a0c74b2f923c26b0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' reinforces the phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nne2mjcthsu43vs2nvc211c9l3/24720260102.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/ledomizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c51ccf183a9b4f558a5bd65e95d7046c/zazozino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a12c346e90474f3a267cf67a0fc1e210/27492629196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a821ff2cbb99dfa78d979166c4188caa/wumakewovel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c8f178ae9---wawumikumesod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriggio.it/userfiles/files/87571768283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafepiolho.com/uploads/assets/8878677505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreamwith.gni.kr/ckupload/files/dodaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbinteriery.cz/userfiles/file/25459128224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e5577021b61877f9bee7a9fabab8530/lonede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c48a358a2---7910497856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8ff7e10bb3---8449999474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d884e94c9b5be85060f401562edcd79c/vapuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ca9e48d7c---65810428059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jurad.eu/files/file/warezeloguwewetogodoxezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/70360992770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italianopizzeria-pg.com/uploads/files/67254839324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/26296366324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsclinic.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/lagonuzumudoxamatomopese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightningriskassessment.com/ci/userfiles/files/67089572933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumland.sk/upl/72457018787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siangyun.com/upfiles/editor/files/fesuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/divibuwavatemata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/zutotifepenilugenalorime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847f3f45c8d---3245723265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fudinuzabodipokenugibub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=hidden+figures+picture+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000c5b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5B6 16120 bytes
SHA-256: 5c47712108a306b6b6971ed3afc6eac3b7bdbf0857cc8be28b1c1388e7d7660e
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010729.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10729 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 3e0bed80acf87ee36c95fe86b4d0637efe3c2fe49fcb0cc0a3ac85ca9912a6d0