Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 116c5e9ff06c48fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 23:44:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 53ca40616aef3cb3f853aa72818cfcdd SHA-1: c1eff94b01ed7470860da8d4533b9552cce46439 SHA-256: 116c5e9ff06c48fc6d716d2ea30cd0cd036f2a3389d3af1a2157634b1c2d4436
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristic firings indicate it functions as a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=blood+suction+cup+therapy PDF link annotation
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3b1aq38b1upirlh66nt333fos/40370751901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mevlanaasm.com/resimler/files/vapironuzitusotewuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/57601354128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/96056917354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/46772248436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6ec6727bc1615ccb3c97d17664a28bc/zuvibomabifuniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a168e5f01c2---73216547846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094821720a69---suwagipinawofula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajnbt.com/images/upload/File/dawawiwexesesukegupugenuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sewur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghozibistore.com/luutru/files/kujewipibazapolutusijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081943b8d4cf---27255044476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/95435453964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.net/userfiles/file/duromuvomav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfout6lcb6fobhkedobju63se3/25856406077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f6247243e---85633002799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f31fa7709d---kavesipudezileruko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palaciodelosnavas.com/userfiles/file/6346807569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/94495910808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okjegk0f70412m02nl7m65ohg2/34275138308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a19a1ac954d88d7f624e4c9bc2e3161/kegaxetapiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samudra99.com/contents//files/60755753861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menuiserie-sainte-anne.fr/userfiles/file/wafopaxogajex.pdfIn 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://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_off0000eb47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB47 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 11cec84894ece62360316d0b9958c7a75a2b2d6b610cfe84261d65f9de19e4ab
font_01_sfnt_off0001046b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1046B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C7D 16852 bytes
SHA-256: 277af667e95a5a6b08f025d0ac714018ef072971772f63e3e1a1412f9a155ba4