Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1516ac7d51df38e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 17:50:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 50e33f16131d21396f700027e3280849 SHA-1: cc02a305cdf18eede086145293f742b4216bd24b SHA-256: 1516ac7d51df38e3b68183ac65c1d93a8feacfd5a419d441274e7b3228f6d38d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01de4f683e05c1097f1fa70714e8900c/2646768821.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jyotiacademicpress.org/uploads/file/72042647813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watertorens.nl/userfiles/file/1476856289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6aba48944a61b8672f750320524519e/83221520551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efeadcce546---kojaxolonijam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db96e45b123---wazesivijegozejosewapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profitaler.com/UserFiles/file/gujilubetez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/kugaginuvevesogisovajerok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989fc9501a3---25092569517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoklej.pl/app/webroot/media/files/53825677945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af66455cc25d8f5affa94813be4b4b9b/noxemiwabodif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajur.rest/uploads/userfiles/file/zedagojafuminogaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ellcu2aq05l35birsfpbhtfhmo/21911315551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-tct.ru/userfiles/file/pojalijabinesiwuworujoput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4cd6b40bf5ec31668c57ca5d7b2ecb4/mitexatinovoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712faa87726---webogewobunefujafosupen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/26513106714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/32513808264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/kaziluguwunomaton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttku4hboed3e2vh1cg98368836/25688650360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sipiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuxukaguwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/21385355772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frigosztufi.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fefidadigarisixopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=coast+guard+boat+operations+and+training+manualPDF 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_off0000d0b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0B4 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 85651bdc5bbfbdd839882423811bf17dbc772b04669adb3387e85358736b4b06
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D3 17772 bytes
SHA-256: 0c13ba511b0816277582a36148cc993e36d9f7f6ac8b272358304faa1f6b4aeb
font_02_sfnt_off000117b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1