Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16696c756eafbcd2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 09:27:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 7e69ddfd2aa45174b4626781c5357337 SHA-1: 562a8c2881293d7fd01c311dc58679f92dc71b7b SHA-256: 16696c756eafbcd22594d2e061e65d3ccc4d88c66e07d21992819d14b341387e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a link farm pointing to multiple websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The document's structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iac4kpjfdv3bc2sva1pkjdcj30/88162844485.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tf16hvso7catccecc1vln2hmi5/41248436940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/midesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8546f1770---82786884979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jgp2e1i5vkb44rgl21bq3ir213/xivirefitagijajuluwukuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/merumosujutenodewafiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanruou.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/84098848219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/pesavegefogewolozegovel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksx.top/images/userfiles/file/zetidulujalubomunafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poslovniimenik.net/firme_data/files/79393758043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f7a3d486f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a5a592f7b---18415952273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609846253df6f---kapuzolovibesisitam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/69409282087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/097b150541d98613ba76e2fd1b821aec/rezulidexezijiwevolame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seksdagen.nl/userfiles/file/pilibawupazij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/jigudawaruwasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1ab574465---bewigovesosalaxijafut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722f11847e0---vusenejerifezaxixoxedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0acd98e157f2824178bb0b3c2ee533a4/mulijonikepogevudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/wiwowemuvus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/32332883827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+the+judgement+tarot+card+in+love+and+relationshipsPDF 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_off0000f976.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF976 16872 bytes
SHA-256: 89ca44f148f1641adb25049719f97b2e0505c27ef46830f002513ef82e3bb3ad
font_01_sfnt_off00012562.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12562 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D79 11356 bytes
SHA-256: a0e088ebd364b760b954926f47e45215e5df4c237ff4763686e28285b4990d41

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