Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5019088cc9e8ab7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-08-09 04:46:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 44bd4212ff1276c4ae72042861a6cb98 SHA-1: 2f30c91d0a07dae439b751f6df9d015516bf1eb8 SHA-256: d5019088cc9e8ab7f1790719344ccc8f89acaeefd2e3faa240e48025e1dfa9cd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to host a link farm or act as a phishing lure, potentially redirecting users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=paises+que+pertenecen+al+sistema+juridico+romano+germanico PDF link annotation
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fefovabojixujidigirused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/nulakazet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexusejojipigisukixuweral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae38744483c---21364961589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3416832750109b023951f795f12b13ee/mazofavimewamuwowosisaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dilipprabhavalkar.com/images/file/93662666035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55cf75cfeae0b97f30a71c7129b12228/nuxilixivaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilksolar.com/Images/Media/files/53227891578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sillajen.com/fckeditor/_upload/file/30800076602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyreviveshop.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/82979779228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaimano.it/file/butumedumemosobewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansecyr.ca/pdf/file/nawuzerexexujobulukero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcf95b8eda4ba2a15937f46d313d51ba/35417301295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f96f1781c23b1a6c04a11d6442c2f5fe/wonivabadivipenexolusixav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuadienlanhhoaphat.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/folemapilapenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ashleymongolia.mn/uploads/files/97330287323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.com/ressource/site-image/files/34739404016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210511234313771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boratohumculuk.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30958728120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/45508887285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/37704405763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavfelugyelet.megujuloenergiapark.hu/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11456376423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leresto-niort.fr/images/userfiles/files/58487542485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf4aa185d80---kapemadusetikejosulimeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlanda.hu/user/file/zikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edikdr2g8u4j2nv4j15f05lnl5/tukokuxib.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_off0000fff5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFF5 17548 bytes
SHA-256: edfcde10130a95268bf9da3c58dfe090d720ef30ea6ca8592ede9f830c43c337
font_01_sfnt_off00012c6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014484.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14484 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 4a793c7aff658b04fda19b23335f578d186b9d61db674937b6625f2fd64b9f3e