Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16b59c040324e539…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:16:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6b64335cca7ac812ab47864a4db4969f SHA-1: 0c96437cf7626bfe9cbf5e84fe5c13647345cea6 SHA-256: 16b59c040324e539333744b704fd344d4d01539ab79113c7914dc794014e11d0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rotate+pdf+file+on+iphone PDF link annotation
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/vonevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/94355178063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/panow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/43287695703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2017df0d4c75d6f73974d20e59dbd83/76421528101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindendirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78963435193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fb704eb94---70110501545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mystruggle.uk/indigo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93810053570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3218ca66c---vabonokokejunutobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0190b06b716ff85127d1fca4d4fad578/telolaketokalobanidasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chargers68-50th.com/clients/3/3d/3dd154274af4887fbe356f6dcfc18689/File/32424842924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-harmonics.com/upload/files/9803652777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietkinggroup.com/uploads/userfiles/file/7117123328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.latentoac.com/portal/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nnhei2m74tdtrvvnnsj88lni4/tudapoxatufibarekadaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70089efc7c040760cc4b099c25cda307/lajadiwenapozara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a38b6f0d3cb4beb0e5b5819c7c6de517/nigunivakesamamere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/jomej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607409da6c63b---katepunibozarevope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoservice.cz/upload/file/kufukavefikebewexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cezanart.com/userfiles/file/96319921389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6ab8d47a69---78792401920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-machinery.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/milevujenazivozuwidojiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americansemitruckparts.com/d/files/79784865319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xakakoxoneramewozefose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://954move.com/clients/4890/File/seritar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be16693a02c---bujorivusupe.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_off0000d65b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD65B 17360 bytes
SHA-256: 9c29232fffa75fd5be10ce94db0957770a45341105c2b7053571b83f139b13e4
font_01_sfnt_off000102cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102CB 10372 bytes
SHA-256: 12d48d647919318b2164cf1e232d4d33f7f4962271bc4e52a6072bdfe846ea94
font_02_sfnt_off00011a19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1