Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19c38f51321e5fbe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 13:13:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 32211093aff71a2fefcdd7f54c8c5f66 SHA-1: 18ed3edfaa2fd6a278337a8982352367f65e3327 SHA-256: 19c38f51321e5fbe2a7daee30121eb7b99b5e989f236390ab996b6fe060b21c5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The PDF's structure and embedded content indicate it's designed to redirect users to malicious external resources.

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612df2c7ea30d---bazebubitedebar.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d05b57589eb7cebb035671028e72da4c/belasurodowof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/16637936988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161043832129bd---35267933106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodvellythailand.com/upload/files/nolelofuzor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5051236bd77c28fe4e4c9bbe8996086/20993398579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/kerarobiwefonawatebukaval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjmhospital.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gutidozugipawari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://censcakmu.org/board/file/files/38069666811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb0821455f0---55911273415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210507083150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/rexofonabomudupibemibifos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e334979c8d5862d91620a04d2bd80f84/nawovijosodigipiwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmsp-me.com/userfiles/files/wefulikodafage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b7f58f4d5---zoxelokaxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnmindia.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/kufelusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carea2plus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41da89d576fcacd1e021e3ab2bc2efcc/wunukidinovogasekesetof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madiagranitosilano.it/userfiles/files/19017214215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-hold.com/UploadFile/file/20210608132552910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmic-kino.ru/sadm_files/getipofubemada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/tetapunewotekoxapejujuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polesprogettazioni.com/userfiles/files/54914848762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9b827b0910---xomag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coxfamilyreunions.com/clients/5/56/566bc9ad745482f371977770c3e6b383/File/bajifiwezunelesamevumofoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=transformer+coil+winding+machine+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_off000100c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100C5 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 1c362f658f84e4bde342f994735297f868a03909dc73252609bf7e7682b1a607
font_01_sfnt_off00011a01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A01 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013213.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13213 19040 bytes
SHA-256: ff40c048630937c2b400fdc84d3ac1ddbed152056b5046d85094297af013c578