Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16cb70431a184eab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:50:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 93a7361fab04c1f4b86078612fdc9cc4 SHA-1: f5312453a468371aa588a41d93e944854406f3b4 SHA-256: 16cb70431a184eab197dfbdf5dcff475352fc0cb584408cf37d1ffcb4a742419
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports the idea that this PDF is part of a link farm intended to distribute malware or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8251e05df7b34216702424d5704dcbed/zinupeg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c494b3e83a6---7215576163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb6f3d9804---37552892757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc5c906ec5---nofinidudejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/28519281787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3c671aee5---migufikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanruou.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/zuxudajef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aeternoplanning.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87787635797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhorizontours.com/userfiles/files/60668336361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownherndon.com/uploads/files/62220139577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/839974916dfe83dc26e1ee80f26995d5/kotope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/94700735574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cf01350dfc109572757f71ccf9b7877/misejem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/zapaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/30477900011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-pxl.com/uploads/files/76191715406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fabc47749---nemom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161046e7119c41---23880585365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098399bb0efe---3723672316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11ugal2r9t570vp0vhauo8kspa/51593131153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcevent.com/clients/871459/File/silonojeguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hmgfinance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93572624652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0512.com/userfiles/file/20210821160321_bhhjlx.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=2019+lagna+palapala+sinhala+pdfPDF 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_off0000b193.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB193 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9AA 10692 bytes
SHA-256: b3f68cfff91f6d5ce9f6b7f21c90cfbdb3730473a5196d43a040fa481bc0e4de
font_02_sfnt_off0000e1ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1EA 17564 bytes
SHA-256: e244b89c08c4545796fac48a7b05807814bc38ffb97e8392cab49a28f018aba9

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