Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 168263cc516c4ec8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-07-06 17:26:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b013dc9567a6067542902580723e58a2 SHA-1: 76fbe5130db7bb5cd4e4045f56ef3c8538fdecf5 SHA-256: 168263cc516c4ec8bf2c55cdeb92c95e16f7477b28de5c16f77b34af8277bc36
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. Several heuristics indicate the PDF functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of PRC/3D content and the overall structure suggest an attempt to obfuscate malicious links or redirect users, aligning with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • PRC/3D content in PDF medium CVE related PDF_PRC_3D
    PDF contains PRC 3D content. PRC/U3D parsers have been a recurring Adobe Reader attack surface; treat as a related parser-exploit indicator rather than a specific CVE match.
  • 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 http://mamtomchabahai.com/uploads/files/files/82829262294.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c74237055---kapuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toromecanicorodeo.com/files/16230360783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocquyhiem.com/userfiles/image/file/vagosifoxonomuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oddluzanie.net/userfiles/file/23149101731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coil.hk/upload/files/43864204109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santchavarabed.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotukoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattingtoemrerogsnedker.dk/userfiles/file/49688337343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0q448ulci1045nlo9sfpc1uj8/lipirune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhhangkhong.com/upload/images/files/godejogezeredamez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsht.com/userfiles/file/rigirorexotanud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c18bf0fc4489408281927f7f1a61343/wekogiwapafefifisineluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b13ce65cc---43660520059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/46488941798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsrmmessina.it/userfiles/files/74595869761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhs1970.com/clients/873287/File/60873374241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickels.design/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rakokobivelatulerukanipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/kufazexatijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07bb834b076012d835ff98f0a27dfd95/40996637723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089afbc796fd---fesuzowuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/dedito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c35c2ec89ae---45879249224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac66290e875---bikubagativiluwozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/topojutufelonosutirusivon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=real+fyre+remote+manualPDF 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_off0000c67d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC67D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000de94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE94 10376 bytes
SHA-256: eeaec5db9c0fe3a7dad0dc18b763f4bcc796f9947ff8e8c4d61868bfea24759d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f614.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF614 17316 bytes
SHA-256: a19d67ae659c1d6b47d25e57d2b12e21eb03893ab1b2a27be6b00f36f09c05f6