Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16c08055277ec28a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:51:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1636400def10a9d802990ac339547bf0 SHA-1: eaca34cf6af9b713a21841bf2c20b08752e157df SHA-256: 16c08055277ec28ab28f1634cafbcb39f63a5e22f43877f01f540fa15b84e1d3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, likely to lure victims to malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack by hosting these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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 http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795ff51eba6---biteforiru.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://espicycooking.com/files/file///81287483196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9076303b2b8d8c3ae769082909be760/fonusosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bd31af7ab3ceb42fa6819a5284377db/kisadedobor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/93422407796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockfallco.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c79a54a932---4162564149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klick-tipp.info/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/63406196509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ognvlek5mvk0g5itvic9je7io5/jitoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3854da8006f6d9f5cca3cf7a244b6f2/fixowewewojajasixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607650cd74b10---2222098408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldanang.vn/uploads/images/files/silutufujidatuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88821145421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c967b9100e6---108450966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b891ac75ae---lixefoveramesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78a8f932ebf19c80122e2f6bb5aad3f3/50989649327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldcoil.com/uploadfiles/files/6759725312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/ginukisapokoxigife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julianina.de/upload/file/46340649632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/tubisadawasezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0fafd9524---jafofadetavew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/dutulegomiribopakowize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tcagvftm6qnrvalcjlo2ecpjl1/83106813883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnogotrop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kikosajosudoliki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e549ea14db7---jarosobepepavafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihanoi.net/uploads/files/kewiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5iesd168o9g6guq7jhglh2kne4/xofewapoxutezadilofav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=osstet+question+paper+2017+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000e680.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE680 18640 bytes
SHA-256: 7ae7cec552e4a44c7cda9834a4d102b4209def9a9a451c83b80846376277a91d
font_01_sfnt_off000116c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C5 11192 bytes
SHA-256: efbff3457b660982cf5eeef19386a35802d536c3128e73e0c31c1382c6af5f0d
font_02_sfnt_off00013113.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13113 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1