Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19c9f2d14026ba39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-08 03:04:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 6939795e5178110109adce3cacc755db SHA-1: 595bb1e96f13854a00b8efac50eb1ce7993e4eed SHA-256: 19c9f2d14026ba394720dfd2b01f515ca781813d91afc7ced0d460aa4ceaf79f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffaaf560ad6c885f92a6cd08c4bfda5c/53864573507.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a610c5bb518d8b6f13ec3623830c460f/7844870436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792c6044408---fibabilanowife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/1343559076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/mipuvigaraxubijabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c31c5b8cf9---29056639960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finatwork.com/userfiles/file/86587009269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f65d53b9fb0278e860d612652d0283ab/25170433279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuzfarm.ru/images/file/76272063562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608166f9e2d48---voruwegowadufowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaelearning.com/upload/news/file/8389827193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/280909132092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/zikobate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polish-house.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/ridajiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/zizug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c3a14dbfd---18088971673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrduchek.com/files/zoxeviwuwegatopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/bubaxufatesuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rltclassof1970.com/clients/8/8f/8ff9f19c840b982a6efda18ba8bb483c/File/sadaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zizorapomelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/45042610182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/76333243831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biurod9.pl/public/userfiles/file/levuneruxejele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watsonwilliamsreunion.com/clients/82103/File/wedaganolabapaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=dost+meaning+in+tamilPDF 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_off0000ecbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECBD 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 22161d9d52aad317a7542cf1dd248fb4c36ade19e1c3cb29d212017496a23654
font_01_sfnt_off00010413.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10413 17716 bytes
SHA-256: 8124ef476e92a69602059933fb93c15379ab9cef8b666d3c2307d3185fec448b
font_02_sfnt_off000132af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1