Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19fdaa160e80306c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 11:51:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 47aff6be4b8475e08ae6f9bb234a72b6 SHA-1: 03174dc56c35e127439f1a19b5f24fb42889db3b SHA-256: 19fdaa160e80306c57d2b85f9fb88c0416ec055eab9f44f4ff4a30aead20cd4b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the PDF functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://e-hematologica.pl/users//file/tefodux.pdf
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/67572579011.pdf
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a03aca76df---81375601106.pdf
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b617537bb---50843161026.pdf
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e145954fb---basib.pdf
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/tabegelawokul.pdf
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/fijiralojalija.pdf
    • http://jamesandsons.ca/userfiles/file/rilumurekixefu.pdf
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4i6he1h1vjprfdhnhofo3lf3l/gafedozozelovoruxurakiwov.pdf
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/lukezer.pdf
    • https://nisahanpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/miderasu.pdf
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881e837d685---69898124295.pdf
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608938c74daf2---5715814762.pdf
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbfc418962a---78687891483.pdf
    • http://leguido.net/files/74484588814.pdf
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/688a39c478c3d68b3b838fa1ff0d5e36/kitoporevax.pdf
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/jazixipelepotul.pdf
    • https://samtee.com/admin/images/file/ginemikegolitifupexelumow.pdf
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3f4224585e75ab14bb2a2986ef25ba7/55369375381.pdf
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d28c67d8d9e---76118788479.pdf
    • https://tecnicadovolante.com/images/file/32038511250.pdf
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/49338569949.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=goodness+of+fit+definition+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_off0000dbbb.bin
fb6d5b945d35a839f21eae2728d8ed038ef97ee49475c5beb2b0c22d7522e24b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBBB 17612 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010978.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10978 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001218f.bin
77ab138776baeb8d86072631d190eb9dbed3c2904add118bf4bac51e28193184
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1218F 10224 bytes