Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19bbff97c14f82f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:57:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 34aa5ed1d5fa0672d26bb7238582d4d1 SHA-1: b10f7b77012299a985710c5c962b961bcd47d154 SHA-256: 19bbff97c14f82f7421f3a0e188b3a872241999791c3dd5bd3e5f28297f6f902
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, likely to obscure the true destination of the malicious payload. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content, such as a fake invoice or payment request.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/945ff9a32c2d9835c032e25fe7c8c534/robalorafafukos.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/68174031314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digicpictures.com/downloads/98086137266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25dc661fb2ba2d8ee241666a55584647/zubanobovova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/piwubam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21285165173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hieuchuan.com/upload/files/45800545781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21c3b8aebfd94c2c2d418095ff989330/51937847938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviatechinform.ru/sadm_files/pobinekotafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c5bfddadfbce485b1ed53c71f5b5e88/28112111165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078deb881e0a---babuvugamafolano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/gudabofopazobawefumureraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/45928127328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf53dc78329---nuzukodabelavobapogovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/damawovovevipurinef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f17dcc7fe0---zenun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gillsandgeckos.com/userfiles/file/tolowulesirexipoxewipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63862037331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbc.cz/_data/user_files/file/tevanebizusax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93c77521ca5daaa1a5c49dec1c4d3769/81482980607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b74c75134---jifasegufubinemenegisit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maryalo.com/userData/board/file/57875398109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents//files/nexezexanimitepig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02d0bb7f6d3c2cc643fe01efe2fdd8b9/14630471566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentals+of+accounting+part+2+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_off000104ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104EF 18292 bytes
SHA-256: d496b38834e3139109bc51f4c6fca5842d8ec7e4b52431782e5848d347b1089a
font_01_sfnt_off0001346f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1346F 11160 bytes
SHA-256: ddd3766b947794b2df94583701b892cc9dbf473989071fb049c473e26122875d
font_02_sfnt_off00014e54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1