Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19dcbd39b4770584…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:04:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 744d4e759f8ccd6071a99a161e7be8b1 SHA-1: 9c43b20e492c16dce9550f3632509b257aeea135 SHA-256: 19dcbd39b4770584679b625081d990bfadf45d349b93434aef9ec61e3ebaf996
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of a link farm to direct users to potentially harmful external content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf09e3d69c30d935efc43af494dbb195/tolosuxobulofar.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2to4h9aobrh54vj43olabrrgn1/sumukotarepepibiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/zofudabunatemobakuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brod-plovdiv.com/images/29512370377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/28301638922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ad0cee50b---91790828152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/87323383821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db149ede987a35e27b2876ee32189ecc/19371569639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9286f0837bfbd70040a0834176ad34b7/62815459570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bf60a651adc6b207b897f3d4f6a2252/73451263716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795cb311c44---23957244604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a3030bd58d44500905c05656b99fc0e/xawuvonesumop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/39506913385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/831826d810791e1e1fea3ee021084cd5/jironelanaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qicu6ghlfqctdf68mka4h06nbs/xufugetavetenuvezowusami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7a7aa61c9---bivadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f31168f682169d8bc445557f00850a83/miginotujegagiwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608adc9f9cfee---xokokokego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b81934fc696afd62a1b7eb486fc45a7/pafejekos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/wesakuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boissee.fr/userfiles/file/28057836606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkland.org/userfiles/files/xigomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/jupojudemiforelumesadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23e83067fa746c5ec04d44f580883ed3/joriremozewujazafikukin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=care+assistant+jobs+interview+questions+and+answersPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ecab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104C2 10896 bytes
SHA-256: ce5cc7ede6cffa2ae93841f91a79fdeb74a6e49edf569dcbf7d0380e4275fdd3
font_02_sfnt_off00011dee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DEE 17316 bytes
SHA-256: 84e0dc6cfbb2a1a8cb761972659df32186da2db60d39c1a247efa56cdf8b1357
font_03_sfnt_off00014af8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AF8 16416 bytes
SHA-256: a8d1e34bf444334761db8dd673e30599a677bf9ec537d4b136fd145dfe542046