Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 919e762bb4f8f2c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-07-25 21:08:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 893138e5bb4f14ce0bdbba2a277ef0ba SHA-1: ba42668b209416b305132fe2f4ae94353d666f18 SHA-256: 919e762bb4f8f2c938f52a6c911111277340a2f9b5fa3d2db50c228344766533
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics strongly suggests an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing attacks through these external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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://we-plus.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gevixadevewomimevorug.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://trexanh.net/upload/files/lorugobiraxilusaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.erenang.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b678549f5---33351210190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7de21h0gb2ee5rngilu7in0sr3/dijotofazosev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irrisyst.eu/files/file/ravorudutunib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomisszio.hu/tmp/5309190006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094cc19c260e---9409589702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fb4a92f2cae22d6462c17eb3d02fef4/19333015739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/32336727441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/25866946115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tguicpgehkv4vgc29afc2ivnb0/luduxojafozevoniwepugepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57d01420ebc08bf4de1507958148dc40/foguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencerenerji.com/resimler/files/fixobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/970d5a9b003c064ba32904fcadb3da99/94648130668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15b5dd09b0---pojubisibadexederaropo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mv1idvaf069a7mimka5l4g4i32/zoxapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a7040eb8e3b4f92030b888fbc13a7d7/31329088071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d37a45518---kuvutororab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8a253c22a932cfe14bb7ab656634fc2/61680941379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc6c73c463---33675357014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/522134f323e46b178571622c1cee4761/nukederixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7177f4cd93a8ba2af88d91e4dad98670/62528772842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a91fdf676dbfdddbe5e7b29d7d78c1ad/pikewipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4c4a1c6e52---dipetetoparewafenutaraxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+clean+dirt+devil+power+max+filterPDF 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_off0001024f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1024F 18028 bytes
SHA-256: f268b8090ed58c8b6b1e6e295a8d903f886b20d7f14896e570987de30db6b634
font_01_sfnt_off00013248.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13248 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014a5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A5F 10856 bytes
SHA-256: b0a48727c98301eef595dc90fb055dd7eb398bcd5342203f6ad60f0b2ebe1c3b