Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16a8e3f670fa4de7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:03:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0a6c3af4c2eec1ece08e138932dcb11c SHA-1: aecebe75f3cebf24a4679b85cede1851fdf5b1c5 SHA-256: 16a8e3f670fa4de7eadd0dc9e9b6720c8db03ec817cc28bf261af976810f627a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF that contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' suggests the document may be part of a multi-stage attack, potentially instructing users to open a password-protected archive.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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 https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=uji+kualitatif+flavonoid+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://harc-ias.vn/Images_upload/files/72560958767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagronomoserragiotto.eu/userfiles/files/dudebefifelatixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rracc.com/file_media/file_image/file/27720378199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8h0njtt34229eqqr3ob568p1q/57445760944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8af6fe0b9728d9e4d35476d59b9ff58e/modumonela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fbe1f554a800ddd19f454ff635568d6/69546497904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/66317677195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norrlandet.se/userfiles/file/pokidofurupoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/nudubekirogexawetobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chira-med.pl/pliki/35536714104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uceng.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/79726917200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8adfe56da3d99fb4f0eb8d6e993132d7/zuxazawamomakeromuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fpsh1980.com/clients/7/7d/7de5299bd6bdc19cdd6b275c058e9c4a/File/sobigedisimovovadolube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608618704076e---vegegevuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118ba2aef7c9---77542439488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a852995e8614ec06c0601d86bb63725e/dafitupanixeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1961.com/clients/878968/File/sugadulazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49295a9a3f---zotubonomenigawoxufagipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomocnaukowa.net/Upload/file/47621556517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/tazeruraresisijunigan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/59805236804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cyberbirddog.com/userfiles/files/26064326275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q3unblaqmkem802dikbd86o80n/masukomumufiduliru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f3d85f598---sonotafesotefaganaberas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://menloathertonhigh1980.com/clients/6/6f/6f83464fe0b13873896cace574d4baa5/File/67137662973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/32483362005.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_off0000d397.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD397 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBAE 10488 bytes
SHA-256: e68c9d501cddc7c06c5c5da3347975682839bc8161fb9d0755695e2bc54438cb
font_02_sfnt_off00010391.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10391 17172 bytes
SHA-256: 2778664c175451aae613efcad097ba95caf4095c05dcd4b32b10ac15c05f91b8