Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16494e4d4bf63c6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:10:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6f04435a2a47a07e46eea25ea43cadbe SHA-1: 77075d957e50f68970ca3a14a954aa706ac1a07c SHA-256: 16494e4d4bf63c6d27d59378836b8acf1ac45bd176b7db54896c590c74417f39
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary attack pattern appears to be the distribution of malicious content or phishing lures through these redirected links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://womensmentalhealthmd.com/clients/9/9a/9a9ccad1be43d50cbc9928f06550b956/File/letas.pdf
    • http://www.firstpages.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/zatuzebepimukofekel.pdf
    • https://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/5237751288.pdf
    • https://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/43398340184.pdf
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/makojerakugal.pdf
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ncoca7u6k5gke254k6vvnff8kb/96059391350.pdf
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7cfbd2871---rakatozonona.pdf
    • http://saintthomasmonrovia.org/clients/a/a7/a774d5b45fc75aba9c6fcf07501e1e58/File/rubosafafojubipafas.pdf
    • http://better-pharma.com/images/file/files/dirusonofeja.pdf
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/12172357886.pdf
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e6676cbf9---55422610258.pdf
    • http://relocationservicesgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074877971179---24899598185.pdf
    • https://ukdirectremovals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c056def42bf781975ca4d528b93c3a6a/73870180662.pdf
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26b0b055b3---20994092874.pdf
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8d7b271552---52564697759.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poruv.pdf
    • http://fabriziocar.it/userfiles/files/81470401726.pdf
    • https://www.agcontraincendios.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67939104277.pdf
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/virozedivuvite.pdf
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/jogosura.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=advertising+and+sales+promotion+in+marketing+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e0e1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0E1 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8f8.bin
d8447f3fc6f5e90ed33277ac3494b1490c3cac3ab005c82ca3721e3f124d51da
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8F8 10980 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011241.bin
b8adbcede398135d4c5d0581ffd642845a297a936f9a811dea781471fb206f27
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11241 18112 bytes