Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16454988398f0f4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-14 14:14:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9725981b42075ab570f8d4bad77da6fb SHA-1: 39fbd1407e5080be5d719e27e002b1f800ebf600 SHA-256: 16454988398f0f4ef3c062672e8bfee836eb29f603c7eca63b8780eecc584cd7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, pointing to external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://plentis.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13306509213.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sinorarechem.com/upload/files/61247471687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rracc.com/file_media/file_image/file/fezugejumarilijaboxapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/75785037423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegrelli.it/userfiles/files/14471293704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vialivonica.eu/userfiles/files/87529576441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina-coaching.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kibubudaxupagapixepujelod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmtours.co/aym_image/files/bavenisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/33622084944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-ssuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84340951769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubkdo.fr/img/pics/files/rijodadetegozuwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/87486156107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161361fc67283a---27385248020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24cvety.ru/upload/files/lumusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82200792063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srilangkapools.com/contents/files/58833571222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e26fd2a3d94d89005a9d996334a23ba6/sugekumutafuwuwevafujober.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/pizetubufewajolivoretoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dibemeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamennykoberec.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/ranoxotafejenixuworuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etnorom.hu/pictures/55879222407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://packturf.fr/files/wifupejitaxelenawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodvellythailand.com/upload/files/27944713666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613db30d37f4b---pepopawusamuwatetaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=a50s+screen+sizePDF 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_off0000db33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB33 10096 bytes
SHA-256: 01dafe2d391320efe94fdfe0be8ba993f78cee549dd498e44f5bf901f5bf3d79
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E6 18740 bytes
SHA-256: a2f78265d725f0d7ab748085e2b7015c3b8ef114aba8d27e8649e62c0e50fbfe
font_02_sfnt_off00012277.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12277 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1