Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16d2a4ba29c9f20c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-10-10 17:00:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 102c032963e68737feb707745105a3f6 SHA-1: 43df5389ab3cbb16e6032a44b43b8360e0315e82 SHA-256: 16d2a4ba29c9f20cf08f4f504ba203b22a7022337404ce1cca5cede3ad27ac5b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is flagged as a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript stream, while not directly analyzed for malicious content, is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=was+and+were+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://b2b-intelligence.it/uploads/file/9634606622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiahealthcaredentalcentre.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mimojogipef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://henseltech.cz/userfiles/file/rojojenir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teen.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81639052232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d5f244da83---gaxegiwosefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhfangyuan.com/uploadfiles/files/14760082329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/letopidoropagadigapukol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asken.as/bilder/file/popezavebajivosiremiraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curvy.tw/upload/files/23985945520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/57144845971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbmtechnik.pl/userfiles/file/kipovuduvolaluminefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalafiber.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9933229019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613305ec39975---lubegide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itfkarnataka.com/cvsprojects/SSK/Source/2.0.0/images/files/lowatesadetanewiwutonidol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1afklwjc5g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jawofunutaduwanotowefuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfuturevietnam.com/Upload/files/tajafurikativapekatugob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147749a9cd6a---jiregezopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnsunnyfood.com/d/files/61811581712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/tokofelupidodonakodisotob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quantri.thaisonpalacehotel.com/upload/files/68052421570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-ambroisie.com/ressource/site-image/files/56959621917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argol-editions.fr/userfiles/file/bonogebofanexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ribaczpeter.hu/files/file/83330987610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thediamangroup.com/_images/files/5478875446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khachsanmyngoc.com/upload/files/29758440801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000edd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F0 10404 bytes
SHA-256: c691937186429c52f53a052203db4aa90bd385645ad6e4d94a8165dfe4a1158f
font_02_sfnt_off00011d42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D42 16724 bytes
SHA-256: dc586def75ca3d6429989b81739b6d7b19c3b91b6113604fc9b005762fbdc4b2