Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16b839832af52a87…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 23:45:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 7680d801e3cf42f155cfa91edab1981a SHA-1: 0e755860ed18427d55907dda94cea304f16080ae SHA-256: 16b839832af52a8764fa04a5fb870ead9292bbf3fdb4c06b516317b126a730f1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The PDF structure and embedded links point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db1df774e88016c832983b60fba421d4/puwimafubix.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fe00eaf8e---59751051013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63393266673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adeaa212bea---saxojexafex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a874539bcff---gaduleti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757fa12efbd---48555333558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1a6434350---nejijetunoxijavef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/rivuvokawonisotareje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokewaveanaheim.com/uploads/files/88714259074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/296457878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalaichau.com/files/kodiwofadisojikorilowoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef627b1dbd343ad7c4a6f84c676b7973/vowapanokanotexeret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d1130c9c78fbdecdab6d09a6bc28208/muwodawunedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precedent.by/_newsite/images_from_html_editor/file/41988523683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n0bv07leon2s3l3pnanquvdngp/zujuwejidepulitosusipika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607687e4432be---kemudugudoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baptistfriends.org/media/15267853686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/12775944914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2p215999uqhkp7h2ctr3npn2o/67121075595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c6833f5c4c982536ed2697592ee8cae/65118695826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fe65ded684c9bf2dd68f1897e1da72c/xolopuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viettelhaiphong.me/data/dulieu/files/14752336780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608782405f15e---66857634506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607206f59bc93---vagunezasijixobaxezuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=niall+and+selena+gomezPDF 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_off0000eb97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB97 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000103ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103AE 10432 bytes
SHA-256: ee31e5f15b2a12cefeac6bcec5f100570704906b01f92b8ebf71d239d2426673
font_02_sfnt_off00011b04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B04 17144 bytes
SHA-256: fb49045c27dc2826ce8855ebf669e6947c4d464683e3a03d8bb560202d7a3bc0