Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e19b652f37d91515…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:59:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e3a79b109380f14d8774934dea3b3609 SHA-1: 0f6c2180c7dfc72694918595417261006dae318c SHA-256: e19b652f37d91515747d27626bafb8b9ec9f4f57afffeed389cc267cb827ea61
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary function appears to be distributing malicious content or leading users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://insolite.lu/img/userfiles/files/17433270778.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/fizuzepojobid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leasingtowers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67318392272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f4888a9059---93509110523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpinebadmintonacademy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77784365001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9bd3d1ce7b---kifebozivipabukejarub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balustrady-metalik.pl/files/zudem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemmurad.com/webroot/img/files/78549283471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/87217014923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8vcb3v3ridlssm73n0aictaf86/92120055136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f16c1d8cb9---36200335025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvet-trefontane.eu/userfiles/files/70173921437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1a50083cc---sidagimelatotovebanibasuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/37340096745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/zudizomesefupojatajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailcop.ca/files/99652079250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insidethedigitaltrend.biz/userfiles/file/saxudidimon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frankslawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/81003727222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/57652184232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiconthebay.org/clients/2/26/269dd5bc96e197da989a8dccc71442af/File/xexolife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fljkbj25u5kkqababp16mg3jc5/76244721318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99d16c01b44e6cc4ee22eb6816f75259/gabalogunetafowubafudunij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=snappy+maths+column+subtraction+worksheetsPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b6b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cecf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCECF 11244 bytes
SHA-256: 18a3db70646466cfa8a98b0c0c19ea756a3626cdb603f3e77a5b872d4b67013b
font_02_sfnt_off0000e8d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8D0 15944 bytes
SHA-256: 4a5ea60c64ad5080f708989e4cf54e8c8d2203f51313f9ed31414bd351caeb9e