Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f919dec8a1ea5ef0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-24 15:27:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0259893c4a4777b9a47120cfea80882e SHA-1: 6dc14b3b6b98a97eede90a5b51eca291cef87b38 SHA-256: f919dec8a1ea5ef0496e080a10168660d2ccc75d2ef8b29314d54baf4c4899b9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous external links and the use of compromised CMS upload storage are key indicators of this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://biirbeh.mn/images/content/file/17647033096.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://n-v-v.dk/userfiles/file/69668092511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmtechvn.com/webroot/img/files/95191995393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/wimopejuzojafugubexij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c980ccfdd3---3237355736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ldbell1965.net/clients/85689/File/62332689734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/73847577267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhong-thudo.com/img/files/pimomoxufuwaxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jks2vmd5q3atkl7r56m05t7j45/40652037293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/febusilejape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210623170531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://advicetao.eu/pictures/file/kowewepagonuwuniziror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123natura.com/stockages/files/78471080948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf516751afe---komojodakogepuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calebdobe.com/clients/875189/File/sorosanok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tydafa.com/dafa/uploadfiles/20210823163628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f9a7edf6e---57559987169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04bbb9b416e6589e60658a6811a889f4/92229303874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160892baa69773---91166286822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnogotrop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pagilirojusuwiwoxobudis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rybarict.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xatubapinevumubopaluda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d1ecd75b9dcd80f17594abb5de118fe/85753452599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5d9i6ksn6jjhn8nvtksbac750/xidebawopodosejimawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpinfit.it/userfiles/files/laref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingpoggi.eu/userfiles/files/jepiposimibibotusesoraso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=medical+ethics+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000e2c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2C0 16736 bytes
SHA-256: be058d2ba0891868b5f7b41d732dd438727edcf8de6db4889c01778d8bc6575f
font_01_sfnt_off00010e11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E11 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 77864fbd7ed84528e19e223002da9afc17e8c947f55c5ef60dd6aec683b60de6
font_02_sfnt_off000126b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1