Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 163c0fd9705f0ef7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

193.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:06:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: bc47fbba6b9cd04e46428ed798b0b9d9 SHA-1: 5b4e2c0c9d138cb39b14f15120006169fc86175d SHA-256: 163c0fd9705f0ef7cf3a80be7783fcdc3508d9e3002341406d29029fdc66bbcc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59e7b531e84c76c3765ce56928bc368a/78953758891.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuzojinotebikozozed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9jamail.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/88067901638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/kovatowopup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfadent-volg.ru/images_uploads/files/40651350051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92025248212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0eb8430003---92569514157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yves-segers.be/userfiles/files/jogugiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massarentearchitettura.com/userfiles/files/rolalejidusute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/kepobewonirike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55203521560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/1276020430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609718fde83cc---61625997348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarlakesarea2040.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guranedozogufub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cascatai.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42410862669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610beaab4ea19---24026018706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/akflvtagb28va3i89dbtfb3brh/mojojiruxebufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagelight.pl/userfiles/files/polobasefivefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6773940989---12885531722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0fdd7fb0f---50683147531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theheavent.com/userfiles/files/sivotomibisefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/bezenakujokaviru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8ad92da6a0e704dfa55db822d8e0685/kaponimaxumuzifiteto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c50f2597b52---21229665391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607698619cdb3---zusuvusozejakevoxafinawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44315a8d64f032d526c48dc1d609a97a/89893092731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=partituras+para+banda+pdfPDF 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://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_off00029888.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x29888 10436 bytes
SHA-256: b86ee555a41c7f8a926da002bf086090ccf0e1016bf5081da7bbd2c308a765ec
font_01_sfnt_off0002b003.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2B003 21476 bytes
SHA-256: fc6a822b31f7f98897b1a76f8082ac3f27073a1f5c88b3c24d9ec59ad33ed0c2
font_02_sfnt_off0002e54d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2E54D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1