Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db191c448a25c2e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 07:19:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fde3805fec2649c16651c3c9a825a722 SHA-1: 0d0edce3bf3c37d2b9e3be8e50c33312c9a02da5 SHA-256: db191c448a25c2e5d94287c83ce8e938d221d03c130f7f1c1e6d3bd0977323fd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The presence of numerous external URIs and the nature of the detected heuristics strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=smoked+chicken+croquettes
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609137d65977f---putaxiverafawajiduwusini.pdf
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/selutu.pdf
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d739d435ff4---46006889471.pdf
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acdd3bed2c5---vanaxatele.pdf
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/071434291872.pdf
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/mejasigemanawag.pdf
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/tijuzajaxigimetopopuxap.pdf
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03d187ef0851159e063dc6b989fdef25/33671987746.pdf
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c84c30851e---58524732588.pdf
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/xufibosabejivox.pdf
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/50197076752.pdf
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf7d48ea85f---tasumeridazasukubofavamug.pdf
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deb598160ef0d999a0344772b1db65ff/sedadal.pdf
    • http://owv-sad.de/userfiles/files/48333537886.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65579fd7166cd9f20c03c0de6cde0c64/rinuwela.pdf
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/zatekexud.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lexago.pdf
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/61474083602.pdf
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a802106091b---21290453682.pdf
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/33855701953.pdf
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef3ce15e2a---99795076736.pdf
    • http://tmacfashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuwevobef.pdf
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cd249c5eba---54570767111.pdf
    • https://makenie.com/upload/files/1886565386.pdf
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kk3m3e6mgo2l0novpt8arhe4l7/lonezalanebib.pdf
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9a387ad3fe8b46a71ddb0b8fc8b977d/74655636481.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_off0000ed1e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED1E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010535.bin
686d2db77ed2b92a9d1e938c8af803aa86b4ea536d1b2298545d9f4d929b8eff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10535 10840 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011dc7.bin
d6e9be17780f567748f8d3ec03542ad82cc70fd74c3105bdba69eef5454dfc5b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DC7 18300 bytes