Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d19ec689ac9aa004…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-08-15 00:09:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c693bffd8f7a76bbc9e8324eb8462aef SHA-1: 7b299b0816144453337adc8647b7043d6e4ea47c SHA-256: d19ec689ac9aa004e2206c5874d0deeb3e080a0868401d5edae6d535d050566f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, as these are common tactics for distributing malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106b6839f373---59012145139.pdf
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/papiv.pdf
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9627d20d1---punedajaxutumebadodisiri.pdf
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c186e069cf3140ef9f6e64cb93b51cf/mesosesaxa.pdf
    • http://flightshop.jp/images/blog//file/16685706977.pdf
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608019920b3ff---luwadazirafinoxilezirowew.pdf
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/tozamuzavaruxapupo.pdf
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b0d13625a---dumonosuzisabafakido.pdf
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/19594040362.pdf
    • http://filatelianumismaticaumbra.it/userfiles/file/rukiluduxufuwurulebopu.pdf
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf464e5789f593afc9ec926ed152e126/demijan.pdf
    • http://emirates-offshore.com/uploads/image/file/mavodeleso.pdf
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/98478101904.pdf
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/19788526159.pdf
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae31f80a22---77146118485.pdf
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38e427fd382f50a26a3aa13d1eeb1c16/zegukikuxodoja.pdf
    • http://luatsutiengtrung.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/vovazasuvivusuxuk.pdf
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47e1ls2ngr2o5ao069gtuthfta/1560552678.pdf
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/91620367179.pdf
    • http://gyorszol.hu/userfiles/file/sumugetizowubutamizaba.pdf
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/30245454590.pdf
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/40823480246.pdf
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb99e96bb0---sarikito.pdf
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b525ff8a5a6---28274346885.pdf
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/vumam.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+is+thread+depth+calculated
    • 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_off0000e233.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE233 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa45.bin
5210c8337884a703f43ff95d8a3ddf0ef4834ad211acedee2b7b75e56fc6c326
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA45 17980 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a2c.bin
a4a807834db2d5c893929e3fe8ddae399dd47df5538df73ebe8e4ded945475de
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A2C 10684 bytes