Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 619b18e366cc2aa5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 17:51:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 1fbb8549b9a164612992f2ebfe0f9812 SHA-1: 773e879968daf20f8e00a354d14e247773f6bc90 SHA-256: 619b18e366cc2aa5f9c42a7ecc5d572d6c59b01fc56a5be2ff2a6cbf747c5001
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristic firings indicating it is a link farm designed to direct users to potentially malicious content. Specifically, it includes links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://vsevolozhsk.mebel18.com/uploads/files/gonozilu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/riloradoxizire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dakotaterritorydevelopment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liwopujiwanimatiluvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b70aadf17809da7dda188374d61ef589/gepobunesukixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismocorteerbatici.it/userfiles/files/bamonadakodekawunukabemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taixingchem.com/uploadfile/file/20210903041228860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wyadonline.com/userfiles/file/vadowejisokaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webshopplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/13789230896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciccioinpentola.com/userfiles/files/xokilowajuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/jusotofatugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futsalcb.cz/picture/vtextu/file/41476407084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenyanchem.com/upload/files/xotonerumekodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eijo.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35744226385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zvaracskaskola.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/tezob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c30b05694---21050555718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytekas.com/UserFiles/file/luwigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161379ae486174---42989484397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.impactit.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gukajar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copab.tn/216mag.svn/uploads/files/movowagavewikuridazepamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/64735574204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1143354f7d93019ce7b9d63ae0315a29/58111365731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzr-avocats.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98626029140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=marvel+duel+modPDF 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_off0000c5ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5EF 18916 bytes
SHA-256: bcb688809998fc3b95e96837105968e7bc2ca7dc5634732a221b5f4b0af18385
font_01_sfnt_off0000f733.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF733 10108 bytes
SHA-256: e898fdd7864801ba732ad730617c5155d5ce9036b9343594e83a026648bda0de
font_02_sfnt_off00010dc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1