Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b19821e761ccdaf0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 03:46:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fdbeca755944563c550363ede2279cf5 SHA-1: 07ba2166e5f733bf06f09d23d7fa6ceada6a5259 SHA-256: b19821e761ccdaf02f22607213fede0b005fb05d7d82b9bd1b85e3c21655a12e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that contains numerous links to external PDF documents hosted on compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics confirms the nature of these links, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134eebddb935---logifaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://2018.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nakem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikaji.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dolotolokawereputobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ae5cf9186ec9e9c0e1d86bd8f2a1063/50872362407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drironcat.com/images/file/momuzejidiseramasadafode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/jikorogakidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/liboguxomumelemuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161390916d9cf7---wavugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaisomboonautopart.com/userfiles/files/47311472506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whereestar.com/marinarubicon/admin/file/tebazusedufili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leylasuren.com/images/userfiles/imagefile/nesatazejavasejevadeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurishupally.org/userfiles/file/57370945932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/tegimasagafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d09372e9b0---fexesufusurad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dbef6e7680a9df4e7cc534068133990/85365501919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecniagua.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/25476871077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koltoztetes-szallitas-lomtalanitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/surediwizewijibunafejiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zbmbudomont.pl/userfiles/file/lulezixifowipukamali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonsaokhue.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/nitanerukaweve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glycocalyx.nl/userfiles/image/file/xedari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkirbilaw.com/userfiles/files/fifejawobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novelinternationalschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pemebafonenulofijirosusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rewitex.pl/userfiles/file/50720901601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukorbetegshop.hu/files/37144646263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=game+story+androidPDF 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_off0000f103.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF103 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 9b85845d13817468bb6ae00ebc38de81a654fbd11bc3144edfa2edeb24a0fddf
font_01_sfnt_off000108fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108FD 17172 bytes
SHA-256: 238a53da64681384ef5f3b674cdfdefc030c8bb8d09f70a92deba1b3dedd29f2
font_02_sfnt_off00013553.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13553 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1