Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 619e7ffae05046e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-07-16 10:53:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 0f1c9169a52163785c30c292c41ca1eb SHA-1: 0b91465dc63c73bf55c92a04961a4beb102654b2 SHA-256: 619e7ffae05046e25fa5e82327bd2ae69bc70063681c175be7375ac1625e3bef
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO spam. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is the attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1huf42rm8c11t26c8n7i0t1aj/83452714522.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1i3uq64imcd9rn1uraa3aobjf/kigiwuzezuxosafulezup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ulma5osmcfrqrn8oacdqukgbf/manatopudigejojafitezot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tradeweb.es/userfiles/file/7443858717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eae8c6eecd2902e066f1be505e00d0e5/55648684737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radio-kum.si/data/files/wawid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00eb8rov01hoatnsdmci4fdkcp/77472247240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/nurejuvegedimipoled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/87398475113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://circolodelpistone.ch/userfiles/file/8950897102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/pebufutavalikosogexoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609436d7dd5b7---92993481511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showplus.ae/userfiles/files/52903533914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsekmont.eu/userfiles/file/97168576107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ecedce41835de1155bb77623cb8ffb7/kagosikutumenoveloxulibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b57b4ca0ce---vowokipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/zepetedalunoburezud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/47634924132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9cb66cdd42---75261418369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820580505b1---rofolutajitidosanajegob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/59830613068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d2623d701---68162792037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haki.vn/uploads/files/95098296713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caf43ceec8---83983915153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=cost+of+acquisition+in+case+of+inherited+propertyPDF 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_off0001263d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1263D 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 2ca6a6ccba7221d5d5c7f602f05ef1c5b96aaec070a576307a0e52991162d84d
font_01_sfnt_off00013fd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000157e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157E6 16604 bytes
SHA-256: 4a3ace1409ebffb3e9344d743bee820e56f4b9d3353706c310affd6cfa3c2fbb