Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 162c0f9a83bdd8b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.0 KB Created: 2021-08-09 12:53:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b4a445237b649f038c99b84d0de85b8d SHA-1: b44e047f9ffd85ddc3c011602451bde7c46778fa SHA-256: 162c0f9a83bdd8b558a905001d8285ed23a013953880f65e50242b6f172b7c92
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These URLs are likely used to host further malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+humans+affect+the+environment+essay PDF link annotation
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a89b26c545e---nemad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//lopumefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/jokozimitix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8af37278f0---66847874941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fcd895e07---ludapogitobafetag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609888b63a770---zokovupotoxoketig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onboardviaggi.it/themes/userfiles//files/kupupumesuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oiseaubleu-promo.fr/userfiles/file/sumeloxizakejamavolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmont.eu/userfiles/file/zanizugonis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/833bf2c852492b620ccabf541ab35208/wivimakusumil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zub.ru/userfiles/file/79096952493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkkpcm.org/userfiles/16842828745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/65343658767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dunaweb.co/bg_image/files/vesul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d860df0393---nanefoxadegimufofesubutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9485b2a3b4ab7af40eec4fbaaefdcf5c/jolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://privateeducation.sg/verzsape/demo/upload/admin/files/49323456255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6qlt8bk1s53cm3t74o7b7sue7/44625947992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffe99c11f3---44550651255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b3f81f348---pukuborula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25030023128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076fe3318b3a---11208127471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607baea659ff0---14475810101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsctda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210713_045929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ccb564fda---87860982093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000123eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123EB 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 232e316a9313b771093b6a1bef68ad98380fbe345840d734f2e7a5184848dfd1
font_01_sfnt_off00013d89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001559b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1559B 17356 bytes
SHA-256: 57bc9b4ce74eba033cdf1475a1eb31e65915bbb3aebf05dea275e432620fd932
font_03_sfnt_off000182cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x182CB 16252 bytes
SHA-256: bfc7ce51a1a9b37382af61f0075eb0cdb972126da031002d338643432d80e6e4