Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16c7317792d84739…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-05-24 21:59:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 94a897d0c527cf89cf23642ca2ca311d SHA-1: 38e410f7e097f479125959bf58a5176144455f26 SHA-256: 16c7317792d84739d68e2e1d796a52362c3bdf6b18e8486cf23572a05ca33647
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae0052f902---22072761186.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/95308164336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/85312332417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087855f274e7---30807171529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71cc85ab66a716cd69bf97bfddc55f71/jagiwezamekusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/vubafejujomukefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/sopukafatugope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/pomejawinunaritoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e70acd9b9fba0db0c997827e5a6e519/94237631192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/xawipakodakorosuwasup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/50331464880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a9be7dd84---62980873009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1675df948---80723624619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f9f705ffd---koxivasopafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766c57c08cc---81877176817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/zuvomoridetezudedanadozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab7674b9fea---43351649491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077acde9eab8---27075004156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=el+hombre+mas+rico+de+babilonia+leer+libro+completoPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000f258.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF258 5412 bytes
SHA-256: 0766adeaefc056db66cd7cf016cce5cb9684531e6673c4ca23d716a5f9c73175
font_01_sfnt_off00010482.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10482 12252 bytes
SHA-256: bdfcec334fe80a3dfaa738b218326a837410664e2f42def2d6582627f4633ca0
font_02_sfnt_off00012c80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C80 16204 bytes
SHA-256: 541fa2b6826b0add99b7d5a173ef1e6a5567607b5192f75b810eb17d6a563501