Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16d58b8dc95afaad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:44:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a1e1f7d74d0a835517b5a44474a06803 SHA-1: 9d0b20f1c5c8b3ddccfa0bc3abc500aa879f5377 SHA-256: 16d58b8dc95afaadde40bfdde4ddf9960d5d0eab47ce3caaa6082eebe585c94d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites. These URLs are structured as a link farm, suggesting an attempt to lure victims to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=basic+principles+of+yoga+therapy+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/towulefubad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb4blb74m26l4eak7tlmjc4i5c/49875952500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikacarpet.com/My_Project/Hamishe_bahar/ahar_img/files/tobimowojigikuneju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2580b392e---3540388496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://washchienluoc.com/upload/file/51285926431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077cab2bb4bb---giwotapiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gotizijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/xugirejidamilux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/21409473751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/755ujp1d44fb1nkof00j1ikdo4/romixoxuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/920779116f288487a783fc7ea7135085/97636859909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edouardweil.com/userfiles/file/28711536340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islandpointfl.com/userimages/21114392130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d17c65ae4b---35637527392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motocams.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98672566428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com//files/nuwawereju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/31745968630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/mupobuzenazabofetij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e8e2f627241b90165ed1006089b6d96/nolotanurero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6a62b41fba---67163403813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rgn2u.com/userfiles/files/48661566906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/dolefiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/251329318517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehideawayresortpattaya.com/userfiles/files/vutunabalemitib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098719b08675---werazedab.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_off0000e1cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9E1 17624 bytes
SHA-256: 4260de5ac1322889b4915e92832f63461f537eb52191406e13005b616c2bcd9b
font_02_sfnt_off00012749.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12749 11064 bytes
SHA-256: f2e7a2802728d2b8a3f20981dfa2b089e3750489c67e6d9d0f9a074e375a28b4