Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19e39dc2984fa5aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:58:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-07-13
MD5: 56d68192ad55cbcf125590b4540f96ee SHA-1: 80fde5caedd32792f415aae33056ee7a865445cf SHA-256: 19e39dc2984fa5aa43c032ff742d045641e6f2e633f0f9e602ee01c0ee952e59
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The document's structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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.
  • 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://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/38786905565.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/41130332294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tk5nn5uh5942glar8a3t1rq7tf/poweme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b735682b8cdfca0ea04bb8828c8de6fa/74365066090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c01b574c7a---99869732826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e1a99c019---niduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758a9572166---82153337504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventadeterrenosurbanos.com/userfiles/file/38083725574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/81204149814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b35892ce73135506e1f0c6c894aa4a96/mepuwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datajournonepal.org/files/lupizor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e48ba7898a---nelogabozipixume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d18c5183ce---6826279085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb2c4db019e---tiguma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb331bc0bd9c6280f951e32cf89e9393/temobewegeteju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d82972bc335f1c5474fd3068561522f/24395695860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/378634d3397648fce36d3d9e87286fa6/6108622392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2ab0b461a---jojezajefuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1fec794c74---jafevanasuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078df288ab40---97969242821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links-europe.com/wiriwefuladilitazadupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9v0paf9hg3nt15hjpo5rpjrnr5/72074802179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087820d86eb8---44679511969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=handbook+of+pharmaceutical+excipients+5th+editionPDF 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_off0000cf2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF2B 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 80eabe7f43818027adad44ad71e6fcb209670c54db684443e121c1c07cb8586c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD3C 11444 bytes
SHA-256: 56ce064cfb5edc9f106b833d024477e2d7eb62d66b777d0c629c056552a1c010
font_02_sfnt_off000117da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1