Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 160953e4af61e691…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-14 14:34:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: f07de7a01e222d855e901aeed760ad0e SHA-1: b36627647c2eb2919c71289ad9e51726580f5c46 SHA-256: 160953e4af61e6911cd5eddb827a002c2e10eae0c2521451514e92c5fbbfd46f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, characteristic of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://gtshotel.it/images/file/pilorusikevokeziparog.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2fecc1a0c25f4b4ffd7f37eb0445507/lovuzigobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellerisland.com/files/55053045464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stfurnimart.com/file_media/file_image/file/51377508501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://china-glass-mosaic.com/userfiles/files/20210910_152713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ecd2c9080a---mexaxejiziwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/98423520643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/nuvewikuzenuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d1a9d68d72---saradugakanosifonulogadud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea8d8236cb46b36ece071a95f322d8ae/nezipenuzavanenufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tonghuichem.com/upload/files/jajewilavuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oris-am.com/editor_up/vudupufixutiziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340f7203440---medozakugukesazus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mptech.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tulunopefiwurot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tipoxopowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zygzak.eu/foto_dane/wysiwyg/File/35774116556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1afklwjc5g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mirulutelemakasaxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top1np.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rurin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wrtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_03546B1ED95042CE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4226050711942a79a40e4926d376f735/78066978259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimyasaldubeller.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jojurelumokipalexisen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esteticka-stomatologie.cz/files/content/file/xebeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f90a00c17---xotiwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=cwm+recovery+samsungPDF 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_off0000e155.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE155 18492 bytes
SHA-256: 94368036cdee517f7e2391a1ae06baf2204ce02dcc28458f34a6dcd72a32767d
font_01_sfnt_off00011114.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11114 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 7a9b77e95ba9c55250e20893ec06af745a126241407387219241fe9088bbfce3
font_02_sfnt_off000129d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1