Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 168382baee133e45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.2 KB Created: 2021-08-16 03:43:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ccd9dc7d1b4a411edeb3c8f2cc3acb0f SHA-1: 0adfde307c0df09f514d3a0c632b9e8d8259a766 SHA-256: 168382baee133e45618382f7c9d4aac2f0fc13b82d3d0e7d3a61f46083d8a470
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting. These links are structured as a link farm, suggesting an attempt to direct users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+ripple+factor+of+a+bridge+rectifier+is+mcq PDF link annotation
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/861lnsuhkl353eudv6vc7q6igj/tizonax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rocksoliddesigns.biz/userfiles/file/14727276400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piau-po21inn.com/CKEdit/upload/files/15362895783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6051e15f6a---xidoxumisoxudidojebofepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c20e22a60---gusanivexezakigubabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7a31e75d1c98cd637e95a4a739f68f0/gopuboke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/nepigixuxepajun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a114aedda8d41ea3b73f04a985e727f/wujisizevokelug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852c33e8b46---14927718164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608670faec164---35807381369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/viruxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c555a6a508652cc8abb39beed116cfbc/6939701911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796b36d7ce0---89969579293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19958572403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f3de61d6567eccc07a9cc86b5592757/nitelavusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828b4e3fc15---73772259339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yz-yongzhong.com/upfiles/editor/files/62660377936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607483a2330d6---95931124928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/25704330023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/41450172985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b62233fd0---xowokitotukuliputun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c30780c7594bb71ecd760b4a0d784058/64137832274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icoachyou.biz/images/ckeditor/files/64325972057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39dfbf961bc9173b66cec8327fb122a0/83086684981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00015218.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15218 19728 bytes
SHA-256: ee337d572f0891b6a1318eb1783036693d5b39d1f39554d946f77dbeca234d53
font_01_sfnt_off000186d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x186D6 11212 bytes
SHA-256: 2e399d4840661b350b71b859fd64ac19fff943385fd2d65d2d54ef1f7291aa01
font_02_sfnt_off0001a057.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A057 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1