Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16475dc36de5fbb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-07-18 12:08:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a28aafc79ba8850f8b458bb80a9b92e2 SHA-1: 36da787e228ea348367bc25ca3e084bce1f37a9a SHA-256: 16475dc36de5fbb74d5c59d954dcca793f8e8fff2a071f1a51f845f83e83225e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns align with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites, often initiated via spearphishing attachments.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://cosonhuath.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/71180935391.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5134d1a6be---34331862261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6be1fc3ac1---53183431936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/dukofufanasisivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkcophs50threunion.com/clients/0/01/014062e559e26c1cf0711bcec4e573ae/File/95069232511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076925837bdf---77685610039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dd8ee051edf27135abe1164488f7fb9/zamidatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777071c6e98---72645685573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logistra.fr/ressource/site-image/files/vatozojimawime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ac5d70233---xumekexujewananuvarivuxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca12d66972---rovedinelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gglqch1rmegsr1rpp10tpk2kf3/ponegitololuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitalclassof1971.com/clients/4/4c/4c1e4f015ba9b8bec237dc1ca705466d/File/guvetovor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standardamulet.com/files/files/37602958101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072660abeef9---lidurununabobadelaxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0697682436ddafe78ef500e81f007b0/pugibide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/62583743508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/193c6398f448f5f9137571feb7319995/37619761267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a828c1bc8---7191802431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/juzonaxudibekek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a846b48f4b4---98695363313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tramag.pl/upload/file/80927744191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/kida2018/ck_imgs/files/pusamanemexupasaman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medtravel.lv/images/hand_uploaded/files/lazukememasobumideposil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210510045725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608919ccad9d6---79562261719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=kinemaster+is+available+for+pcPDF 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_off0000f90b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF90B 17116 bytes
SHA-256: 87e5e1628eda043533c4f904957166eee1bd1e9eb10c1798f28f57656d5bc3df
font_01_sfnt_off000125f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013e0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E0D 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 6dd394934f7e1fa8538b094c8bf5e3486ef5614c1d75bd75094c83e4442ea057