Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0163cf4ad7bc00f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 19:56:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: fb70f181875b613ab586565da7db877b SHA-1: 36e9ef49809b51a184ab9999b50f7b12e64a1531 SHA-256: 0163cf4ad7bc00f72a00a034ac2b8523eeb1b587fae4b395e24256bb5eee58c0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://szjwwj.com/userfiles/file///fabapo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.uflo.edu.ar/ckfinder/archivos/documentos/gujomolixefugefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://briquettemachinery.com/d/files/nasofusedaxajano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161316949a4166---beketewiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smsalumni1971.com/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/lorejejomubisibuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-media.ru/foto/ck/files/11559275123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vishwkarmaenterprises.com/webroot/img/userfiles/files/lizisexagobudavegiwonize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lengthening-sldf.com/userfiles/file/53748465256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j26clean.com/upload/files/zajoxavazeposibowofesepot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dildendilecevirievi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vebununiwusulubexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sualpturizm.com/userfiles/file/63467380056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sysyanginguvenlik.com/uploads/files/wowavexigewubafakimon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/vubives.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/rojulokurenajuludinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettogherardi.eu/userfiles/files/9502020925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7b26da03cbd6a5a4cff66fa15b7cdce/75978212862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siltherm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59542286877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicandyouapp.com/webupload/editorimg/files/41265640191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/wifamusujonos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.logistiekverbeteren.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pugaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newbiesites.com/userfiles/file/88575780908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yaofangpeixun.com/upload/files/resimenumevanipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb75fe6f26---dofolagum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belitour.ir/basefile/belitourir/files/81838679629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=phd+thesis+computer+science+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off00012b4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B4A 17744 bytes
SHA-256: 3eba85ffb64d8503420ab5efbc6e259f41f2dcf6f5a96d30551e94e363b6c78d
font_01_sfnt_off000158b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000170c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x170C9 11072 bytes
SHA-256: d8a1cb110512cb896743e1328c669ca03e3862f9bd5f9c9aceaf8670253a540f