Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c192c78dfe587046…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-07-21 18:09:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4d14008e84872afeb8d1b374dc837dc1 SHA-1: df168134347b132479c5518b32778aa5f98bea34 SHA-256: c192c78dfe587046e03cf0325c8f104089a53b6fb1d08aeaba0ef605be8e8d64
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites suggests a link farm used to obscure the final destination, likely a phishing page or a malware download server. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports this, indicating a tactic to distribute malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6f0719686---84612234756.pdf
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5729c5f52f30d66a26f57b7ae4ed0f19/dipev.pdf
    • http://pattersonandoliphantfamily.com/clients/875492/File/76578936030.pdf
    • http://tsg-vaganovskoe.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rifunowetafax.pdf
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/zuxirakoselulirolix.pdf
    • https://ivanamihic.com//files/galatuk.pdf
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/flt41l0vhf3eaqbft33n20ore2/fajitorajetatikigir.pdf
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077276f780dc---79422617622.pdf
    • http://agro-vostok.ru/userfiles/file/xepitowodekebilumijalaxif.pdf
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60613446572.pdf
    • http://yjsyrj.com/userfiles/file/xibovozutomefadanit.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609834976d300---158507407.pdf
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lh591nods8vtaoq29jb1jl0cp9/fojakokafiwida.pdf
    • http://titadoorbinhduong.com/upload/files/jalamisoturakugiwagemuw.pdf
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/raxogujixipoxabisivid.pdf
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6b6f303e1---81854102968.pdf
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa5055882522f2002df11ea6682da427/kafuxevukefusav.pdf
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c694b277df4c4ef5d4c9c48aa154aeec/9469748209.pdf
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/54806310010.pdf
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb5ec027f3---nuxoliwivizilevoxovumid.pdf
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/logotifivafijozufosunu.pdf
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16083fa3783c2f---25069698564.pdf
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c083f09e38c---wuvidojirowopamepew.pdf
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e93adc95210d01ab15dbba141b5b2e3/64413209373.pdf
    • http://vimar.ua/userfiles/files/59051958356.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+determine+if+a+graph+is+a+function+or+not
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ca9b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA9B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2b2.bin
fe7a4b97b5c804f3cbd1b7296bd96628dd47579ed33767d29f54bc6e7bb59b5f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2B2 11200 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc85.bin
0ef65ca37d8634eae11b5ca4df1dd64bfd55da34df793c3dc47d674513370cd0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC85 16112 bytes