Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16a4944a2257f1e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:58:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 52f76447dc8a6ff034e9b9f1b7e5694a SHA-1: c8b4e1157461e861fff0c9c11078f139f63e8a7a SHA-256: 16a4944a2257f1e34f7fc59181a00c8b76124237f1decc876809600ca507cb8b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/gaxujadoje.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/geresuvuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osiindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57204817045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc92479e45---tabafifakerugokuperipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1787b3c1c2---boxasomadesimibapiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cvikmadb1fu8b4j5tk9ojl9996/34326454770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiro-seiko.com/upload/files/96782521115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradtvandor.hu/picture/userfiles/file/puwemaretulepogirugoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bba9918a97fa635253d421f51b38ee13/xepalalatosegofufaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b27762c5708---nitokawudezezakugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087949205110---93058674837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/rapiragipamod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stradatextiles.com/upload/ckfinder/files/96620205341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf6ae6868f1---rotobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfh-consulting.com/userfiles/file/26729526828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhlytailieuluutru.com/media/ftp/file/bemevinebusorazege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nejexipogedaxukewalel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gko760h7rtil6l4ac2lp72no06/vetibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/59283736935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralgiving.com/media/userfiles/file/43362086599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actybrain-consult.com/Upload/files/kujevenovixitebisef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsslife.net/upload/ckfinder/files/22538463891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f19068e514---55530489518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://collinite.pl/userfiles/file/82923413538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=social+work+research+and+evaluation+foundations+of+evidence-based+practice+pdfPDF 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_off0000de6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE6D 17780 bytes
SHA-256: 02353ff45925b9e8102b3ee822987cb344f30136c9327bf6e61146ed88dc9ce6
font_01_sfnt_off00010c0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012426.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12426 11308 bytes
SHA-256: 94e2c2840d99ca2161a8ef528a7fcd0a7dfc945c43ef059cc7634c82f062a4da