Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a19ff8a5ed63542…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:48:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 23da36584f4ad9218d5e92ba2a3ccd5c SHA-1: e774386ab3c162fdbe50217a6d6247c2066c8a50 SHA-256: 1a19ff8a5ed635423f65db0b913e748210c1ee4135aef716cefa6c8278de2756
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and the presence of multiple URLs with 'utm_term' parameters indicate an attempt to lure users with search engine optimization tactics, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+from+pdf+to+word+software PDF link annotation
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c212ecc1fe2---53258778032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0lhvi1ht9gl1ovrq1bp9r6scqd/9699795473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/830824860c1abb467ddd9a854b7b82ec/4060299603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba1e76d2147f16a242ebdec41d6a3e2b/fegogubom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendstyleimage.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40820525498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/95745743203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9ddb0dfea---42743059353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63fe241b4e8917869216e04073c62455/2567985762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bf29mr584on6udprf48pfv235/78556104593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clarkfamilybuilders.com/home/clark/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muzanisubibavaziwewabupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69fd7b82ea7c08301680709296479be9/61588072497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9624c5bd53976a2b80a6ad4f2c2b286c/mozaxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b56e0b2c3---nepexezosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0c14131729---65835270195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/2156514805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coonvalleycc.com/userfiles/file/48919759000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a619b6578d3f25d4211fc757e0ac3f4/famek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hankilfood.com/upfile/files/guzomunefivitomovejen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093af024dcb2---31533416373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc8b44e3982---74219292972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stdnihqq2gdc0pabks6l6f4pj9/9452695009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cittadelmiele.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f5391699c63998557174cd77add6230/56536348311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssmavidiyar.com/public/content-images/files/daneginivamuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085372dbe807---41971099608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ec55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC55 10704 bytes
SHA-256: e0ad9c1304ece9a682a091ee95e5c599279eb4c317cd280dfc06d2d9a2c87761
font_01_sfnt_off00010500.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10500 18760 bytes
SHA-256: efc0ec8cc0978f5ed68bf9b188a9b095ad58041aca2c56f7a25c0751d0be8cc2
font_02_sfnt_off000134ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1