Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16695b0ccf7dca9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 05:29:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: fe8c95b36859f95904ebbbf1eb6a7262 SHA-1: f230e0aa275acff9b574bd6568ebe9f31abed4d0 SHA-256: 16695b0ccf7dca9bb9c205335c983963f9b1fd6661b644774525fc5326ca237f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites. These sites host further PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage attack or phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9885

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a84b2a8125a82531e1e6b1c6dddb932f/95626079873.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa95a7759d4---dezuvalagonopupezofore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d62b405ce3c---gudedabuzakuwerarisanewuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meechoktoolmart.com/user_img/files/52514927125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8328a2e46---10620522055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609466be70895---wejakepav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105112220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afba448f66a---fafewalawewuwajujezovik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prcomponents.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/keforupakejasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.site/aym_image/files/73235096830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mapusizipobogax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0mp09k5flc88213o9b3jv5o6vr/40161178302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kebapafometuwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eia-edu.com/userfiles/file/basowufotidemokewolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606f6e957e4f2---mogowezagakurutuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/jujuzugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c39b687e20a---4305199619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761182a133f---pekunurabateza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a817b8b2476---motozolakexob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d178cddf5b06cb9637fb87ef1c945d86/7188835290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13d5396c0f---12823581188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shipsupply.ru/userfiles/files/95880923508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h508e5d0t3eg1443a7jrtnqpco/repavojutirumoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/titiziwebejuwupaxazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=rs+aggarwal+solutions+class+7+maths+chapter+3PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000153bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x153BF 17856 bytes
SHA-256: 70b29cd2775ba2441a9a1b28641471795882e880132fc435eb7724b500355f98
font_01_sfnt_off000182f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x182F9 11272 bytes
SHA-256: a7114a073421888bc3d91fe7c9dc028ba6f010e6fa32ec2e096b50da21db0acf
font_02_sfnt_off00019d65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19D65 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001b576.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B576 16196 bytes
SHA-256: 740db2b7ded1420854cd04494860c0d8de8397dd23681ef7cea13dfe3f1f1169