Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c19c51755a62e8a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 16:11:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d2d25bce7beaf2c9503dccebbb317044 SHA-1: d392ed4f39c341e0adefc2f5967a0735d35ce204 SHA-256: c19c51755a62e8a8973855a7f1aa4ed80e82ddb36ee1ef1f8ed67c275d6f6a4b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely intended to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and the 'link farm' heuristic strongly suggest a malicious intent to lure users to external, potentially harmful, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+temperature+does+salt+chlorinator+work
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1c7eb19165---vanuvulajurudofujesen.pdf
    • http://jiehuist.com/userfiles/files/69587928168.pdf
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/645518b98b1927a11a72553bf5dec975/wivofiraze.pdf
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/jofalate.pdf
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmd67pqr6caf7l8u0pg71q0qpi/534470475.pdf
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/duxejuwegumonuv.pdf
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5d05cbe6f3---mewupiwulifoxe.pdf
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p03mdf8dpe6g0nbp64tq1r3dbi/nefolawaziburizimexib.pdf
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02f25a6755---73600334038.pdf
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pmb1rut57j3t6ioe0gbg3ofnau/xudekaxumat.pdf
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a6617ce89---nezibigukukadif.pdf
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/45090268820.pdf
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a414f4ceefc---vofavuvapefuvezepuloge.pdf
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30288cc8ab---lekujesaz.pdf
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfc9db4eb5---zidiru.pdf
    • https://sanipacific.com/attachment/file/juzusolozuponagamosixet.pdf
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7778331e0b67c2397d847c75bfe297f4/50127354500.pdf
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc2402590a70a34a2586bc2b77d26c02/45627412229.pdf
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/doloro.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080080f078d1---22129252901.pdf
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db0c2b14aa7ebdff3e9c662d7a1bb7d9/49964538981.pdf
    • http://quiltingacademy.info/fckeditor/userfiles/file/kelitu.pdf
    • 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_off0000c807.bin
fac0e2b34606d7e75825221e378d0a22725e1738a995c466a7242b42f985e527
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC807 11052 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e195.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE195 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9a7.bin
756690cd72fc3a6f3670bacca8b43c19100644ed43ae810e974b2ee797f3360d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A7 16252 bytes