Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16b48485e23dba7c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:53:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a6412ef13a87288c51cdc69dce9ecff8 SHA-1: 599df13b77ced9b1cd1d09f3b4832dc7818e7db1 SHA-256: 16b48485e23dba7c749bfdbc72ac52bd02e626c84e50327cd20127b1aa00de8e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mario+kart+ds+download+play PDF link annotation
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/joguzewosoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/vizulevunefiziratig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f464172b1d9a45f0822ebeb33cf772b0/woxufumunufiziwonatovipaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-06-28-21-01-13-nhqMkWj1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/sunezimafaboxavinudad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021081414413873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0372605f910dfa57b0884d0b23c6d257/gopadisalalom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/85251029860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3tkt3mojshcvohnt6v52njup4/nejepajasibilalamugufidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ac0016879---90068275521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://natproperty.com/userfiles/files/63107297757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ronaldtan.nl/images/photo/pojukoligudowoxodigoluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbes.nl/media/files/76858414475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c961e9b95b---ximowosujuzotivemex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmconcretemixingplant.ru/d/files/puwigerekema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e22057483---62779360749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab4f1d10ff---zapizikesonakuzixarekowar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guineaservicesproviders.com/gsp/files/64349338356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607104b90640c---83840007127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03c734089c---vumigewow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6d015d39f---petufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okh6it9cc9bboqv7thp7u04dq7/77646450981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spitalmoldovanoua.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lajogadobiwozidolez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/66723607768.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_off0000da7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA7E 18316 bytes
SHA-256: f3d74f2f6ac1d2221bf2f5e3e8a692c9d20f32568c68652e1db7b37bc0a187c5
font_01_sfnt_off00010a6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A6D 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 51dbe2a87f9d2708f680481b0fc93cd4b2e48c11acc204f8038f1cf58f7ddfb2
font_02_sfnt_off000122a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1