Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19e75d688b0b84a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-07-14 01:03:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e1089fcdd5afd1b40eca9db4061aa46a SHA-1: bf41c0709077b5804daf9a9ab5d606d20c870ac0 SHA-256: 19e75d688b0b84a6ed7fb2bb924c2faee8d73ff2470768355c9ed2f5401a37a5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure as a link farm suggests it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c84cadaaa70---65778324971.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://southfieldhigh1973.com/clients/2/27/27a5067865c8334ad4a5a1fd7642c928/File/miresozakironogoxunili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de9081054c77c5098c6738b0c1905f2d/69293048468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/23295174999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d15b5de69---mekiwuwokijidozas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aabb47dd358---rumoxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbb7080a38b---10764406335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otoozevran.com/resimler/files/nusawudeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbg3of70sf52tjamar2bmbu4kk/jemaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077be4d0fb9b---buvobepojamazezuzoset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32ecd92f9d---vanamejaselavofozar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/dizepitos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83v1lq2s34odppac7hp0rfdmun/16045707370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/fepikagijitudupojezudat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/37253819727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b3e80d98d6---82100431423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/18853950051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rinducm1.com/contents//files/70574913682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c98ee265843745e46044be7a943fb85/33965014739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8143785e3f83b345e121b6bb84610b3a/85825193773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliothequedesarts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dakovepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a542a4ebdb6---gagetupupofowatibuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/pexexudezuzekasuvutenuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=pisces+twin+flamePDF 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_off0000e900.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE900 10364 bytes
SHA-256: 033d7b255825aee4fb889d624956ec3dfde6f0e41444232da2b2f1decb11947d
font_01_sfnt_off00010075.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10075 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011887.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11887 17096 bytes
SHA-256: 13e89c4d630cfe0758a8406189f279d720d08c478a6a9aa4c69a65245b407203