Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 161b8634977ded10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-07-29 17:31:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a1f207a631c1db76ca8aaa485d143cbc SHA-1: 4fc08064dcfc7dbb55947f79366ca7294d66fe17 SHA-256: 161b8634977ded109f44dd3459335ba2253655c6f5e904d192aa6e59f9f55ddc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803fbb0e4c2---xipaxugifosapasibe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/rovafix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.proyecpapel.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52990198696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce89f527e191afa223cf38419b63e320/pikibisitomawomufofomab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6c8cac08d---37218255761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860fea5f9ba---87518476692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dbd286cd23---rajinomukinaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1hmc6d5ep242cgi7surtr04096/39203647435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euhoca.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8494691171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirilmazbardak.com/userfiles/file/pinovojelozipuvanagaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d05bc31a0cf2dff23107d1440aec628a/nivupebawoxepuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1qoola9q7ifi2l8kdgerqq8ha4/xabupomoloxiseteto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/12909167755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8af3c1d9af---65779264131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0743d1808d---pubapokegul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/witozukumuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b92b335c2975e23d8b4198b69433c80d/94601169584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e59c19a77---60953485907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timandlor.com/userfiles/file/lukikuwexeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5g8bc4iasif8ruicmgkbj539o2/banapetejexapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94ula217ojl2lh8f4kspbauq0s/pejonizitexukuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k4lpajufv5vd28dghqr2t77l1r/59962143586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samrayburnclassof1980reunion.com/clients/873185/File/fatonujununi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/22802149333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3863b216adcbb26c2f20ddc90714ae6f/90505900121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+galaxy+firmware+update+toolPDF 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_off0000fd60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD60 18288 bytes
SHA-256: c86fc9f8ec2651a9f7e1d8b592925dec3335cdee6b8798597b4db5b4705b3073
font_01_sfnt_off00012d6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D6B 11316 bytes
SHA-256: 2619461148322d608be9dd855c8f7bbed4162c711d5a5788a0628b41fcb13a5d
font_02_sfnt_off000147da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1