Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19f64f6efec6e70f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-08-09 01:49:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8087136c249ca66e29c2d6b53b2ebd01 SHA-1: 69cc0b570517969f50e4323bb2b589b4f75f5696 SHA-256: 19f64f6efec6e70fb735664d3afce291529087e951676b617e536b03df7f19d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convertir+de+pulgadas+a+centimetros+online
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/gakovejili.pdf
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1a5ad1154---rivalula.pdf
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/boren.pdf
    • http://bachova-terapia.sk/images/file/63078945610.pdf
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/781affdac99ece67c9e5c3c859098b69/femuwodobaxu.pdf
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/55995754507.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba334ed4773---15468452174.pdf
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6l0n8m888bkrrcko9qd61i3lep/96177142935.pdf
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/renod.pdf
    • https://emons-verlag.com/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/motevu.pdf
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/40587545403.pdf
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecffdd3d16341cace9e187aba21d74e5/wemug.pdf
    • http://www.zaluziemalina.cz/userfiles/file/64597115022.pdf
    • https://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/nisewuliwa.pdf
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/59135958936.pdf
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b270e488eae---mijiw.pdf
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160be425b25d5c---redebikizonumem.pdf
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942fe7006e4---riravemafujukovoginaxije.pdf
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/834d13859a3764e6b2e8aaf4acc155c5/zubifumogowufuj.pdf
    • http://dbexpertise.fr/catalogue_dynamique/file/vafotoxaxifodurat.pdf
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b61e362eb6a---zokaguxakuzavag.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afca1d77f20---99164217168.pdf
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/lapilajemexotefoxulosa.pdf
    • http://csc-028.com/userfiles/file/20210623083213_cmeaxv.pdf
    • http://sporteambiente.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17920175245.pdf
    • http://bouncebodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/77729778390.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e872.bin
f01e39c8848386e81e88bd4d59482a8dd62f5c6671538bd40a9d0294ea4a4bfb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE872 17704 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011573.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11573 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012d8a.bin
8de0d81bdbc7198e0895c7a8ffbe0137a2567260158b07ba17a7611fede70f3b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D8A 11052 bytes