Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19de5a4154c7770e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-23 23:15:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f041530fa8f53716f83d1765467c5c69 SHA-1: ee521d581768be64f8369a8ab4115dfe35ce706b SHA-256: 19de5a4154c7770e3780df2fc3b2135f63338ca490673c87a11909517ff4cac1
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading a malicious file. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a download button lure further supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a443bc54d8c---tabijemiladelubebawavo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jhimhulgfngoniiklohch6iikn/61123869229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdsale.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ketusutuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a2b78ca49---remamagabogotirata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f19f81c746---55095662288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc86af00836---70832503638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canoe.ro/Extras/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38133510736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/42489491819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estoniapools.com/contents//files/86520922163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d47faba2679---78636570066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f38bd33efcf---fatowubefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carlaschroyen.com/content_docs/fupugagipigirewef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdravi-kromeriz.cz/files/file/38660212534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/runegoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/92327228617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicfertilizerproduction.com/d/files/jirateladefawozuxere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaimano.it/file/nulap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e63fk8oe87j4afqn1ualp7aaml/gowafaluribefavoxisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.de/userfiles/file/97147607469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ef069a8a99c8942a5880144f7ac6651/rovininopokaberewenimanit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/kefomeketosaxumaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25373dc003---vuxagenumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/51750260919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/491e3ee50a01ec4e5d8aae0ca3ee8060/68887594015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3f98a8292---60649358034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=miraculous+ladybug+season+4+episode+2+titlePDF 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_off0000eea5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA5 11232 bytes
SHA-256: e369037246c727902641ec977a8cf65d8e0ceeb140a4169a3a9920fd7c9a2456
font_01_sfnt_off000108d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120E2 17500 bytes
SHA-256: f286e1b433148bf0608c30509b9ceebca5d89f87d8d0194f806b3efc6fdc6a63