Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16889261b786b968…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 06:41:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 8de0f413ba508ab9a54aefe3dcdd0acd SHA-1: 3c931c9e09a5c21d0383c94c4bc131e42e83b0ee SHA-256: 16889261b786b9683f14a58f6b5bf9514de59352404c826f356048c976d05884
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and acts as a link farm, pointing to numerous external URLs hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fruits+for+digestion PDF link annotation
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e8d94f04e---66688122720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/25119148632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/787059b0e173f643a317eb62c2430849/fefepaxefijisitida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb0d46cc46c---ragif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisetnl.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210629_173C93E408314A53.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/84519449692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c50a31f61b3edfe18cc493b2a8a9fdf4/bafaxeroxano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30cda3521f3c6e97890f7b89ffa8a926/jubedunikawipotipokujejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioneducation.ru/userfiles/file/lazomedoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53e9b3c525---zafobigugumat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/modppmcl6f1qjs1b8jt8n7mr95/tenipufejukenisasorisorad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076bd61759d7---xewavabumapezapadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dansobentre.net/uploads/file/82571669031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc8e8cf5307ae6ea0f6d216431623d0d/jokodujij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/33035341965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mhq6kai8kmic6l2t0caljqprfd/lazasabugivuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9db08f5a0a23cd76af9732e8ed2e5b59/19362016302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09686db8df524cf72172b31c857c6160/95556957686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/046b80e043e3c52f91f6e70a9368037c/nokudovokokefexet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/natupuzesigopakezozulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160950e01464df---vagavepabuzuzexijafed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/44693077285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puppometalli.eu/file/vuzebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51a7c904a8---31403093259.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_off0000f987.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF987 10400 bytes
SHA-256: aed4caf9839e9c572d360c0ac7cc659f18e880ee13f848e42a4ed958ce2447bf
font_01_sfnt_off000110f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110F5 17120 bytes
SHA-256: 656219edc087b405fb79a0a4795981c9de5d01ce410e5e3505c34ec5a8093eb4
font_02_sfnt_off00013dc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1