Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16049846957bf92d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-13 07:46:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 661d53807360347b8a00d9a4224a09ca SHA-1: dd28c0b6836273d57f8e137ed3a3a270ee444f4c SHA-256: 16049846957bf92d45a2e40f7facbe5d2e4b9504765484e293eccaef4bfd702e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or perform malicious actions within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://robindayne.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21488971818.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://totoquynhhuong.com/upload/files/79993116942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613017e6483b5---fafadomaxonul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/mipizerejawadar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngor2-3.com/file_media/file_image/file/fejimewapojerunixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fa73d67916---dilojuwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/35672192576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knuhpharm.kr/userfiles/file/20210910200919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/xinoxekomazozidegulos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventsistem-bg.com/userfiles/file/34206375008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382a4c98328---vojojodananivet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15881588.com/ckupload/files/lanozidojokelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/67946539564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/mexosijupudatozubizitinef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/62947170876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landatur.com/files/galeria/files/vetevageverozexiwafowisep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612efa7b2cfc2---kokedopizasimagox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://berettyotv.hu/userfiles/files/kakulepijan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxbeimei.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202109110412293495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meandnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9538186984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f668bdcdd0dd9a451104f3e8902c2574/24961748307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-coeppicus.ch/upload/file/81924716657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anandalaya.in/resources/file/42958180623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rekanesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belv.ru/userfiles/file/latiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proallprint.com/userfiles/files/65137601587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silver.jo/ckfinder/blanc/files/85734225228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=8+ball+pool+offline+modPDF 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_off0000dd3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD3E 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 56cd3275b73c4374efd397b3a89bab3ec276e2abc924aa4a6d67ef5f4cf1de16
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E3 18200 bytes
SHA-256: 74be26fd597122fbaf848a9e5054048bdbd01da17aaba733510e410a62daede5
font_02_sfnt_off00012403.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12403 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1