Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c16919fec449704…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-06-12 13:10:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 904860d69b2b3cccde3461aa8d74361c SHA-1: 1d5226baba0800656c0052e6ba545aa03522ec4c SHA-256: 0c16919fec449704b8cc8a4dbcbbc5c189a90eab4723f8a9678f1bcd2771e3c1
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including links to algorithmically generated URLs and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The presence of a 'download button' lure suggests an attempt to trick the user into downloading a secondary payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=magic+manager+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18kmq15r3pdaitjn91ae3es9v6/vazit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5524889b19033907060df657541f48c0/moripef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/586a3a8a65c085ba091076e3ec10cb7b/71520667616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7fcbb179291e7c3f2fcfab6bf2e8454/80456660369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a87a404dee064b93bd467d70c7a2211e/kepomuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uamarkets.com/images/file/pufemodaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/lapegevosekeselaxame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/73201111207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e71d06da1eb9ce9773944d3f933ff7ae/64949365309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexdisinfestazioni.com/userfiles/files/68066111789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af9iugvrcm4lvagiebnsu4hfj2/68253969124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb91827e47---94002653894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094310aa6395---jewadil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/1688455098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b622e51c25a---sexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b037c32def---19792264916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000101a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101A5 5112 bytes
SHA-256: 28c093cedebbbdddd7a12c796d99348ee37ee78ca3a48da14dd07fe3cf23801f
font_01_sfnt_off00011307.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11307 11372 bytes
SHA-256: 0f508b5959775babcb247684c4d43cdfea9a2f26cf70089701fed9ee9f8b4ca3