Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16c441e7c615208b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:53:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: aaa9560c471f4e9960a9bf1334474c72 SHA-1: fe6de2b23dfff559b459ab9a9bf03477f9a13431 SHA-256: 16c441e7c615208b1ecf8a668ab0de9144d4777c996003ba96af58490ab32998
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attempt to deliver a second-stage payload or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5933

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pre+shared+key+example PDF link annotation
    • http://hkt-optics.com/hkt/images/userfiles/file/37451053606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwhs79.com/clients/15834/File/64764606008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982ddf205c7---sigunasumasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612caa831ea66---pififoxova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076500394efd---voboxoberumozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tadimtursu.com/image/files/belofugenurikenewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peintures-descours.fr/fichier/files/xerudotopametesona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2s60f6ungtoh1lar43rua3d4m2/15642445709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaa67acd94f78ef992b281bd8ae7bf64/funajemutovez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161160832cc1e3---vakodikorifimikopas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b39b05b80---wopobowezuwegitifunipumep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/930gtu475h8j5aur3vt6pplkdn/59576261829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metafelix.it/userfiles/files/95385078731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19d9c4e2da9d5b5c05712c30fed6afc7/85743710145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fsjiblb0gonuvvs34u9ubuelv2/sokenevisigixen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/87899114592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/005651e4ac698d19bc12ef58037ead7b/demekekojobuvolowibek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e981c7d3c---letenaladefodunusoxi.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/zerirefaguduzajuwotijoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/22557001553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bleikss.com/userfiles/file/judivun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a898b984e---29160452100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uctodane.cz/UserFiles/File/87029837848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc4db93b06b---nalewinusikusobuzek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b950.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB950 15272 bytes
SHA-256: eb41afc38d99c59e039e555920592cba89173f3c3b2fab654c6aa016ac69dd19
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFBC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1