Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 163092d7fc503cb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-07-17 23:53:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 38c34c0b4ebc4ee92ddc0a25ca2c70c7 SHA-1: f1a307c6bb21fac20408e1e7d68174d2addfd7a4 SHA-256: 163092d7fc503cb0fe3c3606a0360e78c029b379a4fc5dceb7eaf26c05365856
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a malicious intent to host or redirect to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support this assessment. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely for downloading further payloads or facilitating phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9972191031---65887096628.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://twinslock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fexizesunuzadunukure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b185f4642d4e6c763c68bf5d579a8e95/30769345849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/mizanerevujuteduteresufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de9bb8a5932---zozigilezawiwuxajenisasis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shreyaghoshal.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/73618940829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/mugubetav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/paduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa2232e32e---nanepimisugotorikat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanurichurch.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xapil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9f48b37a0---dobesewipaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe1ff698b8---wiwisuxamevedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/039bbe0d0aa7e6e1dc41bef376a8e895/wazazezula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballstonfamilymedicine.com/clients/861402/File/dunetapabulixopixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kipass.fr/userfiles/file/26400604088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/53086537578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayamalay.com/clients/874202/File/xufilamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1cf2532a6ee3a4af917f5ab4620fea3/58889174510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kudamatsu.org/userfiles/file/13818682211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c91b20dcdf7---nosizedaxoxunasile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/90412357679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5aa866cef---99306035166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/dujedusekozowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d31928c1c8---vumegagabeboziwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/87731549740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=billy+goat+parts+manualPDF 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_off0000b43d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB43D 15068 bytes
SHA-256: a49b2c9174d60d7422c3976553f8b282b37a3a78047fe1a4ae94398299f3b4e7
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9AC 10732 bytes
SHA-256: f5f9b46d9b0fbfe829dd30436b2fb317d9ef93f74d729ed6ce0780f37099db1a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f258.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF258 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1