Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 160f40c9fd06355a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:24:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ef5837e7e7b9bbba5a4492cf1701aaa1 SHA-1: 354fe5e422bb4757b0e18015ebb71ddd86be73be SHA-256: 160f40c9fd06355a7a1d73a9cdcb68d115e25140404fcabbbff0cc446c278493
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware-distributing PDF. It contains numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or exploit delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://xn----gtbercbfedtm3b.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34636589414.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130228c6eda4---92520844966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prochem.vn/images/uploads/files/18094316902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grubstreet.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29371175823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ville-saintleonard.fr/pdf/feledonilaforurenizivor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmik-kinoteatr.ru/sadm_files/10073139389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/38870349842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljjxmining.com/uploadfile/file///2021091114311472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vrindaindia.com/php/joseph/uploads/file/loferurofapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termoformat.md/img/files/sebibare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.companyforte.com/imagenes/editor/file/ritatugidopadugakune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theponghop.com/upload/files/12431953557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12633c0ca22ce7fe4faa3cd96f6bf871/supefapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esenkardeslerinsaat.com/resimlerfiles/57528990945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b813k9mgls9qrnkt558njc4dd4/51230622233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912110435594742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pdww.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faduzazamavelim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jewfri.kr/files/image/files/zixujogifudomogidugesiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debcopharma.com/userfiles/file/gexove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinturasoltra.com/images/slider/files/tulepotonaxijonat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links.com/images/blog/file/57717947390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613259264cd35---23075465837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83f5a0f1cbf50f60b2cb4c1bbfb97aa5/63464928256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/56111514551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanchuyenduongsat.vn/upload/files/54386591427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retrolondontees.com/userfiles/file/remutulimivumapiwivop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=poziomica+na+telefon+androidPDF 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_off0001067c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1067C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E93 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 55e5cd7d4028c5ba42a324cf9ffde63a2b5de8ef17e8390133363127e839eff1
font_02_sfnt_off0001368d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1368D 18408 bytes
SHA-256: ecc0d6141b76c2ccc79d92ee0042672cf0e24c314e0ca2fe288ee825c4525032