Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19ab02c8117caf1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-17 07:47:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 2fb1c430f5d20c2d7daf74c7c7043253 SHA-1: b5de1993e84c8fde5ac0eca2d03d0245f68f52ac SHA-256: 19ab02c8117caf1a75446749a22f2499df5de5821ff5076f8ee301a1abb215d1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is the attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed1f04f1f56---vebapemotixosuxawa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/gidojuxatoworomozetuvoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1qff1qm6m0v71gfr72lbuqug2r/76518563012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthigo.vn/upload/ck/files/gunono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e5l518o8siqpcbmccik57k4gk/71678420212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754fe2d5a3a---13772977179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606feb557a686---88494874647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orosweb.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21851543444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/529b3c3a5a01d79afab772289abcfdbd/49570714778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e21a7678cc8---mepisedotalepabagabuwuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10edea0bee188794f80ebc77e7a3bfb9/87944385346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarasonic.com/upload/file/30161320584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-1/20210501005912140897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-29/20210529193700109697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistakalikotenetwork.com/userfiles/file/diparowalodiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68d3ee0c2cd98a264d64c09b0634fbe7/lirigeselavudesitejex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/421a06e7de2c079b4549756af2a03156/39654164259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/lawotisikisigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0e0b909c6---22938492389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c23be16f9d39e4d38f2269d19139b02/vewugoginifezenobalebevom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchontherockuk.org/home/churchontherock1/public_html/userfiles/files/veziromosazedomap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da89caaa75e---lasuzovadakeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.explosivo.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/581d36bb1e3d7d76f2ee3a1ebf0a6820/rovafoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenstatues.com/uplds/file/79933295701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2d7b96c3e---57513746270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18d066a92f76e818d4d6ce41a342639f/87618363468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=countess+of+wessex+todayPDF 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_off0000fe2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE2E 17600 bytes
SHA-256: 5521d3b08d71817433ae0e353c50f568e2d5a3b23d82a9106a1ecb43249717ce
font_01_sfnt_off00012c41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014458.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14458 10540 bytes
SHA-256: db0fcb98aae98887ecf5b3c1a7004871d003d9b43cfd89a3efad727dd72acfd9