Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16885e2560ae260f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:05:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6b5479fd2c1bd03e4c098c8bf3f6b1d3 SHA-1: 468803304e0e16fe5e3e8783b97bcf2e2165fc83 SHA-256: 16885e2560ae260f0c4a2be567465ce40716f56f7c27c6c2078e775641d2b7f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The heuristic firings indicate it functions as a link farm, likely directing users to phishing sites or further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=social+engineering+tricks+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fab9d2562b2d7ca455ac5be003418bb/jivibukiratexaxipaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--22ck6bdp5cach0mc23a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97524955650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28d0e2760c9195f2523b6d2e57144e14/gigoxabava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/jaledubofesefowarulufume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090fba0a89a8---dozinesubulitavegon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b4449dca1b2b67e79168fa4c8e19ad9/76644797611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/guwabuturofiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildingmalawi.com/images/uploaded/documents/sajigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoclaixebinhthuan.com/upload/contentFile/file/kirat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/13112550528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a63b80eb9ab---48598228081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gijufapezal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8ce0a8e78---60486070427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.info/userfiles/files/28566039741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19635936a326fee1b1ceaf5fe0403b63/kobemuwamor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceb47935ceb---68457357128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-moonlight.com/CKEdit/upload/files/murivakofoveva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnv-cnc.com/userfiles/file/rigesosuvowifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608817c627374---salexejederumililipeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamelove-zakryti.cz/userfiles/file/16256871153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/91682176084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48087447700.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_off0000d8c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8C3 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 53b478704cf4f6dce4e441bc79810cf7803970962284fe7c0a87a8e23e2bae54
font_01_sfnt_off0000f215.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF215 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A27 18812 bytes
SHA-256: ffd7a0ed2939513ad08015faab88fe9ba5757328062d0f70bacb3a106a3486e5