Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 165a8bf8bbac1d88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 20:56:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 17c4aa83786633b638748afbca66add8 SHA-1: b336ea1a2704be9545fc2eacf1f5e87cfedee316 SHA-256: 165a8bf8bbac1d8847202f083b6d2cb6be53d4d0a2a15c9f9cbea4bdb06779d4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or domains flagged as disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO spam. The presence of a link farm on compromised WordPress upload storage suggests an attempt to leverage legitimate infrastructure for malicious distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://1hozain.ru/files/userfiles/files/35039871527.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/93781066489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16183892088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourcampuswindow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zasexaboxowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imcborivali.org/userfiles/file/12592546008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/likazabijez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/bajowikopesenukixabutekon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdcc88eb2bd---tipadivogala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://p99.tw/pro_pic/files/barusivuxamafifidigijijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dchs1961.com/clients/871949/File/tefala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d399edcdd3---53510270208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/766360fb6a923c0b599d0fb04450f78d/45996286286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ligneus.hu/upload/file/54065712255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3104f70a03---munivugudosutofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769e295fa38---dukoxuzirakabojitepuxebaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whatproperty.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95962355321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealskinz.ru/files/file/17703001963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointswestliving.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67962964972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/66286290097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savalis.ru/userfiles/file/danezuluta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607215a3061d8---46029754049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dac702b446---68667661756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomeforeclosure.org/images/file/vexilotojolipiremoxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/movuxekozidejozule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/63364276517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=palabras+homofonas+ejercicios+4o+primaria+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://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_off0000dc7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC7D 18680 bytes
SHA-256: 3cd516bd4ccf8ef160413f32ef4aaed833fea6681f6ae9abcbf4d075e9f75493
font_01_sfnt_off00010c0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C0B 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 726f769e67f1cec2dfb09f6ab74a6a36fe549b1a702469dcace8c4b72eb414f7
font_02_sfnt_off0001259a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1259A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1