Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19d2335b9689e836…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-08-02 05:34:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 47dd5c299222b4bc28324125970cf670 SHA-1: 1690df0c42feede4ef896906da2406d12780bcc8 SHA-256: 19d2335b9689e83623ee03caaeff7cc64a7458462f203b68853d261aff8c90a9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e3ff66d4f---pupopisisametiru.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6e1034a381---regogesiwadexewuwokav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdfaac9d0b2---15793168437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/96251720737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607881827db2a---mozufekug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/8967329935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jaegeraviation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faponamade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f829b3026---79472310040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilayunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/judivezofulurupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/disejodetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79lejqcrpmu9as628d349ns0sq/dalufiwubobuxukanumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/18946059888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/50483957920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e162286d89a---33991376140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b52f559764d---10195468842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educationexplosion.com/clients/a/aa/aae59ec6301d25964842a0067e0ae100/File/28788488530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0451.com/userfiles/file/20210625195329_cdhf4k.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bfb7b1165e---gowefigalubot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiramisu-o.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/99787767146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985072a5f39---87635776177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpk.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57685333377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6cae5e2f022108a9f9c114aa55c4def/vedegewune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e96dd196700db8dd40fbdac805669b33/81616025172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b528e8efd1c---56869235019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=gta+san+andreas+car+mods+installer+androidPDF 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_off0000f63a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF63A 17712 bytes
SHA-256: cbd8ac83110f95e5e298ac0b209406e5e2f9cdb00b5f45f5dec988b9e5f84854
font_01_sfnt_off0001242f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1242F 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 062d47ae28d7d366e87333a919e2380941382c87754d30132f624d82772e68ee
font_02_sfnt_off00013c4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C4A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1