Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16d00b5e02c630b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-08-21 08:47:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4462c24516f948737ab424ea5f88d32a SHA-1: 1dd1806b229f6dfb9f10a27abbafeb773f47fbaa SHA-256: 16d00b5e02c630b58061c238d8c0430327584779c599cf1ed088e2b1471dabd9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to mislead users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://asremajazi.com/uploads/files/71610127961.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fb231ef97---54536491378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/upload/2021/07/file/1626749596923988319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9c3b143c08182276e0266a0e9d69ef8/kuponuvig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/kowemubuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf106d0670---lojesafuximemar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7c0905659f---85769271737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalfurnish.com/userfiles/file/84279699988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqr952vtenbd4t256cn4fnlli1/44461394252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbge1ras7fgdbq2aprngr1ipch/domal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9944545fd291073781919a7700f58031/45553557628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee27b89f73---35406539116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shreyaghoshal.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/xewulegut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3262f3df6---munopadukewalunatabar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biolabsrl.org/userfiles/files/12119011744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burattinojatek.hu/userfiles/file/kagezomegikukob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/75065800794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160ad71805cbd0---42297992670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/76756966215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosanuesa.com/componentes/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/seninin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.es/d/files/nulodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masterref.ru/editorfiles/file/dopojamufadavawutejiduta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6226842d07---83801175446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaonhaphatphap.com/images/uploads/files/nifufonosutexoremusemoxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57705cb446---3486911916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charteriraq.ir/basefile/charteriraqir/files/fonax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=5+wire+ceiling+fan+capacitor+wiring+diagramPDF 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_off0000c734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC734 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000df4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF4B 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 5f44c0b04a2580434a1648277e77c1bea28a9fcbefd7c7a6c5c7e560366cd3ce
font_02_sfnt_off0000f85f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF85F 16368 bytes
SHA-256: 1e7df2c89e684b47cffaea905b3fecd4a33c77c64a412ae40fbe83e824ff30be