Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 163ffc539103cdea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 14:20:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0c7b9744fcedb5141c071ba4b0f94cf7 SHA-1: 718790072d04e60b97f7b8f21d103f0dbefd79cc SHA-256: 163ffc539103cdea345f2658595bb52da1edc7ffca1a64e111d37fc99159bbd8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicative of a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns align with techniques used to distribute malware or redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+unlimited+diamonds+on+choices PDF link annotation
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h46he6qkvvhr9tnsfgcgonb7bn/12710989305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletroluz-al.com/_IMG/img_internas/file/65668937191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-eamplus.de/web/editor/files/56989036087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psn-monolit.ru/img_file/files/16666507872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oroblupiscine.it/userfiles/files/puxazerodunojuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naraihillgolf.com/admin/userfiles/file/7901788031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/guposawadivojek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myshalewell.com/userfiles/file/lewijani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltimescare.com/attachment/files/totenopujixakobuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodsafebox.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pusekefodatazavedova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lokalizacja-gps.pl/userfiles/file/80738669184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents/files/72822956724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photopoligrafic.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kapagima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/id1kjr4ddu4bus496f2j8cdm7k/jobuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomocnaukowa.net/Upload/file/velubiguwakuluzemuxuvereb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celyroknaterase.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/89424794162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvsc.co/userfiles/file/48974036488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vflravk2nv8c426ld2akmsf5v1/siwogafekudam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/98895909645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/57585533540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161385f853c321---xafilukagegitokemuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franchise-vietnam.com/app/webroot/img/files/nuziforil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienhoanghean.com/upload/ck/files/rivevevepudasameg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/kidilajegabevojake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuocmambason.com/upload/fckimagesfile/70c0eeb9712a60563954f6247d36f45a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educasters.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18455427830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://self-storage.sg/images/uploadedimages/file/41411695465.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_off0000d3e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3E8 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 398ed26b19ed50194c06c4d25253635c066cb2f693573786a08edb67b9d72a76
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB8 17712 bytes
SHA-256: 9efb3cde86071c8828409b26dfb7685a136351a115ce8b2042978631b4fa9593
font_02_sfnt_off00011a9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1