Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 199cad9b103d614a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 03:25:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d0b6676a2ecc5bdbd05b538c3dfd8afd SHA-1: 6c05e2362eb7c0c8077d7c758d0ba540b5775631 SHA-256: 199cad9b103d614a32749b320cf9dce88baa7442e172baa16c7cd7c9b7c342c9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the PDF functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The presence of multiple PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM firings strongly suggests the document's purpose is to redirect users to external sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

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://greaterdeliveranceministries1.com/clients/61527/File/52569696179.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tirajarowegofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlm-kg.com/uploads/file/tulafupipitez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fcfa0451e2---judejiwuduvilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb22c93edc9---4518566401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82656aafd67fedecaee1e2f06e22f145/bipofaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b823fe99b74---tiredoredo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/46212216758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0c74f2d91e---93451487928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d325d2d588aaaab59c81ae1f694bf9c0/tojalufovizifexalafikolup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uenjlun0ugr5fgb7th79426ui1/fazuroxukadavajevakirelel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0v42f7l1rk0luin7u58qvi26ae/40129620142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5oiq44d994mdh3m9hb8d20ftct/fosixebilexulasogos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e531623458---18109229096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b7528d2fd---jimodezugatexivefuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703e6bdba90---bowifowaketafubafoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/43459919860c8ee49a8778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/11596703298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartywspomnien.pl/uploads/assets/file/99972547562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b97ngcu4jav8riuv85biocrp14/81716667225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baaa0f6561a---42250434005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandchainfamilyfoundation.org/clients/85333/File/litamujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/zipovapoparux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=stretch+armstrong+hulkPDF 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_off0000f908.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF908 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001111a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1111A 16636 bytes
SHA-256: ee8514ef720a8998936c4e5dba064b8da49a58965358a6ab7efaa0e53e2e464c
font_02_sfnt_off00013c49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C49 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 0c987c7dc9b9c89ed195c304346113e75304265cee94325ee3acaabfcf828c55