Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19b29a4b85b79f29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-07-30 18:59:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3f4b2d4b197209b8b1d9aaf574290f91 SHA-1: dcfa92523e85d2cbe392748f4bc238e84447c637 SHA-256: 19b29a4b85b79f29ba956b35ba0550f2be0004ca51e1b3c20bf1049fcb71e40b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive use of external links suggests a multi-stage attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=joy+con+emulator+ios PDF link annotation
    • http://hnysft.com/d/files/lozajonusaxokawegepobezim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5e69b8fc5---3774017967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c126k2uurams4oa1d9s7guole2/15278830022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81f5b81d10c5bfc21546c5bf0685643f/jalegaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ef672c1dc---lezefozobedom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/34054672641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81d3a6bd6a384a41f860eb85ae3aea38/gefefukerotezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d0b3d59d9cb0109d61578ca48d553cc/nipofafodomowimoxofuson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba4a68e55b---58489768347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1k0u2q7bk2nn4s4mt3b5j3ejt4/gojuromuguxujisoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/80337728485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf3de6b18e---76011963547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piau-po21inn.com/CKEdit/upload/files/xizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/bobewugozewekisubilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/661e70cbc065fbd89ef7daa7a047539d/xuvejuzili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongkoo.com/uploads/editor/files/duxerobelujer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f7e1709569b78eae37d3a0a5d0e15a3/kotulozegideloliwekesufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/6127572998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/43820432573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rigassprotes.lv/uploadz/file/nitanasenaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/68714639894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhkayseri.com/resimler/files/vozegilopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ce444b37ee---42174844306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alirezamirmohammadi.com/images/upload/files/87934858780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1024860157---1302635153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbelly.org/content/files/files/fejewiregobudesu.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_off0000d8a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 21081a2299f7647afb4a526cb20775e0d3758b75f95af9acb2b3ef0a7012224b
font_01_sfnt_off000104c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011cdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CDD 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 86b28d618b820e94eac5d3cffe4399ef1283ad65557702c19ae3bd6d13e6e9a8