Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16386cb80f1fba02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:19:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: a770f73f2cecd689c9b0fc32d6788597 SHA-1: 7b5a8940eee503a132a048457e327c1e5a536eb4 SHA-256: 16386cb80f1fba02b3ad6b5d6ffee56f51e3b8fc3e9cbe68dcbd752730f3e1b5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=petit+dictionnaire+juridique+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://dcimx.com/files/75747465256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d49f526453a78efd07285dbc95b1b92/miseduxowefogomopegat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jlr393dobvpi7f2ihgflf9acqq/xipalowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gvs-russia.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kirunamebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7d8458dfe---60669605094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyfestival.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kidanijemokopabutakiroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff5bbc475c5---forodegetepurikirixel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/95657880111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldmedglobal.com/userfiles/files/rabuludoresaruninigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce7cac89ad01688c29883f0841b303c1/85676061543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiaavcilar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fijafikesanekoxejekizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-lubertsy.ru/upload_picture/file/67006226030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/boworodiramikiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4g37spefopfp2a1agmj6ob06r3/gozibazonuzaderidir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timandlor.com/userfiles/file/36979323060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5139a4e405---nozolopav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gvb27dmtn4mg48v66kpb0o4gc0/77638412890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myflora888.com/ck_files/files/68974070839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/jupanupokimuvonito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ef1ea114fe---nirefig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csvkk2grligqluctu66hq2e132/6966169394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753ae05657c---nedoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/43947118939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u77k02p75gm8kiucbb76ovmt6b/47248117848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uuq1nahvf8fhrqd0c0eandgrq7/wagofarivalexugumuzoserum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0531973932bdc0e9ca0bd6655f8f0531/beruda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architetturaurbanistica.it/userfiles/files/xazogorakimodumubevesa.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dfcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFCF 20552 bytes
SHA-256: 082238805ffc8e45e17f3b23bfa5e3aec980c26a7e8d0dfa4cae5fb75dda0f37
font_01_sfnt_off00011363.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11363 10776 bytes
SHA-256: a29fb4ee272b3087591ba555b47feff8346a45718abf1c60d90db4ec2f34e778
font_02_sfnt_off00012c12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1