Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19dbdbb7daced226…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-07-10 01:58:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 8d7bfad3f1196435778253cba6cd96af SHA-1: 187a1665e113f87cc6ce6956933e09192a38c925 SHA-256: 19dbdbb7daced226cae8c803748d2d9459642e9ba2b78f96dd932b8370aae2e3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm designed for SEO manipulation. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded links are designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://advik.net/userfiles/file/74918353458.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7g0b5kjrqbef0o489feiue044t/42493009379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/44911325527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/kuduju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/76006996370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dietacud.eu/upload/file/10121891901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/70466664513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/13600752732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a70e3b3134---rojosibiledukopufawiben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfh2.com/clients/d/d2/d2a7b52150a7a947468b52e9b7560e3c/File/38520710512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjt78m9iariutnf0s8t6b1ad10/2563995689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokhalasati.com/userfiles/files/dewidukagib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071dc7b5ac45---tisaniredatipeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1414575b61f3d7a700ec568bd27ee008/mawixixifadobebejimiwamib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heryeryesil.com/resimlerfiles/36121988390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d24abcc4f319b32b8b68058e23b13ed/61360951597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4b9bbc93c---49717983915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e56d37748---82019332439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shadesvalleymounties1969.com/clients/868959/File/vuxofavapomijogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4c887a270---bixufobozomejoguxofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalbafitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/ketezebosofirukipex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8fb910403---wegakojifilil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6q6qup4900b31bgtvqkpcb6hre/fodurexikomad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c73e2aaa954---66128505345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=view+docx+file+in+browserPDF 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_off0000bb8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB8D 10508 bytes
SHA-256: b1a02739b53162de17d2ad000964fbda691b007fc50b33ad9f83766ef1f82876
font_01_sfnt_off0000d390.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD390 16472 bytes
SHA-256: b9deef66a33fa46510f1bc42599cc322ab713342c79a35265dc7971cfb6eda06
font_02_sfnt_off0000fec1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1