Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 163b64e7b748b7de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 13:03:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b6354e609c81f4839e7fc59f0fe07a71 SHA-1: f236797437114297cea05b73670b56a2cca9b9eb SHA-256: 163b64e7b748b7de8650dcc739a3c439b37bd1c72d395a59e00d151434dee29b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. This suggests the document is designed to host a link farm, potentially for SEO poisoning or to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://wskinbody.com/data/boardData/files/8663723734.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ressourcengarten.de/azubi/userfiles/files/34436620402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80613074764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/22358721798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/novivigefewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b847f6c8f46---10548502154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musthighschool.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vabivuzalufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lkljh5g0vcdgeggb00lobmisit/10463630044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c07a0eca89d---17546066567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/pojowejudalubado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highspiritsmusic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/divobewefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vo23.ru/upload/file/kabumufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27k36rfrha92ijahonq0aqj1cq/zilaxijezigodateli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naosgym.com/userfiles/files/panewatiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/5377921428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dijego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecovn.vn/uploads/news_file/panibaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608501f356b21---92199270124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/216c2fdaef5bd27b4c9b0670bdc758d5/40922646080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108a44ad4729---mupipesupebemale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitteszoneklinik.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42650475676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mzr-avocats.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88035223243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shlawllc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nubofupobaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromedicoveterinarioadda.com/userfiles/files/77023592743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29afac15e7---49374533241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25b95cb7e4efa0e151b85d48d71526ef/rekiporumeget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.herbertvanderbrugghen.nl/draft/xonuvodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a7f5be6b1---wiwolob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=tohatsu+40+hp%2Bowners+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_off0000f80e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF80E 19964 bytes
SHA-256: 641c712acc791b17987a23951077338c1d66524e115bff71556907f11d6f485c
font_01_sfnt_off00012ade.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ADE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000142f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142F5 10776 bytes
SHA-256: f45ce8dc14f23d584a31dbf844fca6bc769db84be9d2fdc5b09cfc72e77203a1