Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac19dde17b52477a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 05:59:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: d1d3572e9c565feb174fd2299dd3ab33 SHA-1: 03ff5f63841a4bc1e3fa82e03b60634e1c323ab4 SHA-256: ac19dde17b52477abe4d3aac09aa629157b26943c8d8679654fc3d4f3469465b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting domains, likely for phishing or SEO abuse. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=you+want+to+speak+english', are designed to lure unsuspecting users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=you+want+to+speak+english PDF link annotation
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917631c67f6---fipebugetosinikibutosedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc484e08a1---91424297000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad92d848712---vekowexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/1417871723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medius.sk/userfiles/file/59324227307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607111474bde3---81450748461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cb584bd3d665d3fe20b99545344c8bd/18003146345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889fe776edf---89408522631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747b6f64914---52734311536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c65d6e1cc45db4cd5a6f8d3533d41023/5066590465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b784a819ee06dbae1a5a4ce74dfc71d0/sixowovisikuvojizakoxepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859440314ec---85376066613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/71734256312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85d5aea92f---90898780410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/14524968136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/xejajevosozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3p8ecphn7le4mn2e0dgq4g6m4/56730445838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8dddf506ad---kajusolaravutito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poolprotektor.com/userfiles/file/sozinuvatudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/83712645422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c727cc1ba1---4181437719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/keretiwivofiwonoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipacific.com/attachment/file/gosonupazotip.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_off0000ea29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010240.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10240 10692 bytes
SHA-256: dc0ea900ee4b85d10430d04c16a7f2903a93648b717cfbd131c8b9440fd03aa2
font_02_sfnt_off00011ac8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AC8 16812 bytes
SHA-256: 29d934add14ee7aeb9d7f6227104d8f085f66e56e738d4954a3d85c34c356830