Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0165724cad41e4b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 10:23:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 190bb23be615fbb767b7a792a1012c0c SHA-1: bb76a484ff5a85434782a1111e7b6b01626484fe SHA-256: 0165724cad41e4b719e7f3cea7d624837cee1493bc7b0ad14330db23ee18d2d2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure align with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://versobrokers.eu/userfiles/files/68266087709.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efffa44d2aa---movatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cavalier-king-charles-spaniel.ch/userfiles/file/nidugeduxaxikikivutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malovanesklomh.cz/images/file/gobuzej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancingstarsgreenwich.net/clients/1/10/10f73e4104fe6082999c9b722aa65ba2/File/22179381565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siripanyalamphun.com/user_img/files/19575511453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuondaiphuc.com/upload/files/nexifakavipuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7603598ab7---30486899521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdsvieclam.com/upload/files/94013577761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alwillislifecenter.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39911241063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/70659607471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forumcutuca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8783554296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210610012653_1775783108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/bukikux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coxfamilyreunions.com/clients/5/56/566bc9ad745482f371977770c3e6b383/File/kixokaxuragaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/basuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kga-am-adlergestell-ev.de/kga/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74840864142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagerunda.it/public/upload/file/34326967834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/7704855497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3edb495ca4---rapigalavanugulosizasukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ed92b3cc6---17945483618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cf7fe8046---39290392496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120e69a407ce---fubalujabixuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.euro-fly.eu/userfiles/files/99848527527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/79441060153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=division+with+decimals+word+problems+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_off0000d6ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6EF 18492 bytes
SHA-256: d8b515360d8bcbf10673f5e9c8e4772b7d84a5fd26cb135d5dcea48d1ee22eb3
font_01_sfnt_off000106bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ed4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ED4 11164 bytes
SHA-256: a9fbedc5dc8b9e0d600d40e6515b4ce8417aba839334b5da8962fe46ea907a7d