Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16d4e247136a99dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:33:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 651c4cc106f41c31533035e3de07f290 SHA-1: b2b2022042416afeab6fc0dfe6bfdd669ac7e9bc SHA-256: 16d4e247136a99dc77f716a1a24d76d714653794f251f8d1f7a974b83ca1db9e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93e25be983c368fdebd95587f6278a43/9565955003.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943434657ca---kifipuzosajovulepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d860dbd9b2---wadafuwemegazorotuwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jomad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lizhechem.com/upload/files/69980186760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/menaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161242dd0ad906---zesekebire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98023726003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9792e3fd89b5b9c4b835c313b7d59a4c/lejekevijogin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://griby.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84965270613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/68551617151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoj0agf7cq.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/97523200201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3c164259ab---96537645580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stewartreunion2020.com/clients/2/2a/2a0d9dcdd57715375c9f4393c24df0f2/File/37836748305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fba80701de---wedamelokazaluwirana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/363c939324d71ac6e61796490211194e/95136503684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987f43dba70---xipujutekukejasivujebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/27631492499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/67405037228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5s3qp4260eiieujogae1fc02cg/12839907285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.com/app/webroot/img/files/nopibuwajabizagiwexijubir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/20014578621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/lutipadawisotajazojalok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210518194407_681099953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=ged+math+practice+test+with+answer+key+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_off0000ed87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED87 18240 bytes
SHA-256: 8298eda16c10a2a883852496721f774887f93917019d9462acc25394e5ce9c70
font_01_sfnt_off00011d58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D58 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001356f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1356F 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 6d13d3e769c819135f8b9243140fb2ce85f36cb5bcee5197974e91a618ecdc7e