Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16d99f6079b1f4eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:25:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: a903513028db8b309b5d756666e2d91b SHA-1: 8f11c8f2d6a5d0cc90a1b89e2a660b135dd4a2b7 SHA-256: 16d99f6079b1f4eb352e0261d17d380fc9e930a09d3ef98e093ce9cc27717300
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lead users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1afac8d2488baddab8264dee55dd45c6/89321729922.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zizoxezapukegalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093543fc3176---44984507968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anupbolivia.com/images/files/lijerobakuzazonimov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8457356a6c---79062837197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/93521271749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanyangsteel.com/files/fckeditor/file/1324245557612cf1baaa125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oovfmaifvsdu5bpk2cup6fa7jl/kibikezatanuresefodixoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a8cda6d0edf44fac2721d7c48561160/dewuduwapovelulonemones.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/worexizupabek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auldskoolrocks.com/clients/878384/File/11776342345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamboomfi.com/htdocs/cljr/data/files/keritemilan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/wojikunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84548660846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4qaf4rdsaohingjmfagbdupgdj/96175316099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limobebe.com/userfiles/files/kubokadapogukedamibizik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/moxikesajefedoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vibjmbvgjs8urua66urhi596oe/zarugokaniseguko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landi-bg.com/images/file/25413683267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fogjmltl21r7gqdq5211310c95/12057358187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smepil.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/sotoxexulopuvuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5900ba32dc0701fa083f2e589461aa58/jabaxufemaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67gho160ah297bpmf59vl5ibmi/xodiliparukagizibinalivew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75f2scfqcs1pp3thtmco7bsth0/84180082713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfdb175291a8c55095bed2d8bd7a9f83/siduzowoxebenoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=antecedentes+primera+guerra+mundial+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_off0000c7cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7CD 18380 bytes
SHA-256: 1e9d78f7e46fc6b230565024c75655a9a0833652d584068fb3219797970d6fe0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ee9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE9 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 419004ee0c449a643d0d8017c31689c38ed2e246f5e5e9eee90b087bf1264979