Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 819db149c8b7eb2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 05:53:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 084a1bf7f12422750d6e42cffd394111 SHA-1: 97ba3174ded22d7eeab8139281c679878a535828 SHA-256: 819db149c8b7eb2a2d3772772e7d97076a3283912ca1ebef66e5a07db9387dde
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8484f0b1a5f8682d6db49a8cbb29856/64313874415.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://topas.lt/userfiles/file/siwamotaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtylek.pl/Upload/file/sabinipavutelexele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ceda37d3f---24655466909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e09b482e7---16797482154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831c1ee58ae---94168171486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retroldn.com/userfiles/file/pukajekaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61be279ff951b6e20a5e5946732bda66/vipizinamitukafejopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keongracun.org/contents//files/bipaxesetizufuwazatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2m4g5thoakedbi3ubq01d6grhv/72615134165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d68499c8064420f3294f3245af54eee2/tamowuxaxoliwede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/21475448431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthivatlieuhoanthien.com/upload/files/79885281193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e762c60263---56312083125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077620480641---24039928978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weymouthhighschool1960.com/clients/9/96/9679770cb43d952edac6f872f7aef95c/File/zupolepowusewifukunuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/6986811411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/360ad870b191bc64cac6566aaaa714e0/18448144464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/21074024562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6s6ihpsodgoksl5hogt73t97u/53813935420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/940684b37045af0e7f32d56f31b30086/ponekuviveditagedunegone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077cf8d4e7f7---71937116696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=quotes+about+loving+your+careerPDF 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_off0000e750.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE750 16900 bytes
SHA-256: 06c45440d3b9d297f9061b60f5731fb3d08cf1d2215e46cdae9048d6bd7ec9e3
font_01_sfnt_off000112cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112CB 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 7e19e7be927b5159ca2700040336427e8cbf85539b25d2e94ded27e2e3dae528
font_02_sfnt_off00012c44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C44 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1