Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19dfbf75277bdea1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-20 02:08:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: ba346b471728fe93c29c21d902b4e705 SHA-1: 6951604146fe2607d77c741669e9c5e0756b7376 SHA-256: 19dfbf75277bdea1b8473f7f34e7023d5dea15c0d9d7ea39dc3622a0ef6fe441
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea6d61ecd1---77404062249.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bonacorsi.it/file/84452825380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36e1c82f5f64396d533a2895a6961eae/jemukirujatemojedat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b56e3d52d1---lowukajajivafovugero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924ea7ce0bb---xoledafunalediguwizopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29j65bk19rib98goo76kt1tnu6/45808093149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22353743847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcimx.com/files/88298646767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/fidapevogajowukaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdefa1f2838---30530494176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210713040436188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/107b826c511819544566cb747cae2a50/sejumedatesafukusumezafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160702e493dfe3---moroporebugeximurabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chpcentre.com/files/file/xiwisivagigaxixuzilenewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grodgolf.com/clients/f/fd/fd83fa7079552abb47853a85229f74c1/File/25726560675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--d1achljw0b.xn--p1ai/content/upload/41800766117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210710/file/16258650596843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/kasekobemalitaboza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f15d312c57---63230286000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210530_6A5AB3D32EAC7916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f188c0fc77---jokiruwobuxuzitebarun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cogersquest.com/clients/f/f6/f6194b381802d71b6842d6160e8859b1/File/72321651226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d727ee528e---97527221715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=midnight+special+shine+a+light+on+mePDF 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_off0000e000.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE000 18628 bytes
SHA-256: e86a67a9a5819e73edf6fdfbf2af571746eeaacec7c229bb0b9dcc58cf61fb04
font_01_sfnt_off00010f47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F47 16160 bytes
SHA-256: 27fa49ca30b1f57c6e4f8b99ad1f73ead7010ce1f191e20d716503af09158f46
font_02_sfnt_off000124c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124C1 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 0ef2cd4d258f8865d2baed7d92defa186b1e3533eaf10d7adecc52edb0455c37
font_03_sfnt_off00013d5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1