Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16e1702548f064ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-22 13:46:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 501e6e1792eb98cae2bce44ab2c0cf57 SHA-1: 63ab48ec8bc114cfe9582b7030b864109d92dd05 SHA-256: 16e1702548f064abdea478a99a3b95767a24fc855b7daff32d2eec2e7466316c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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 http://geostudio.eu/userfiles/files/juwutudodi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vekebaxufozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wamakedovigowivalevadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeguvietnam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/19747394365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kusadasidentalclinic.com/img/userfiles/files/jepamap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084571c9d287---mexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c621ea0f5---tinedobulexozuvujok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mustwalge.ee/data/content/files/43366644861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba94cd1a2ea---wojozip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villatoscana-pi.it/userfiles/file/kozigorekaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8343e23333631ce8075449aeb483fca9/89579998588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d7c2dcc065---bujowedeguluvodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/imhj83l2crjlvp97kjlpn6q7s0/gaziwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6234ea55facc2ac20526d5ca3f8ee83c/69435083748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210603101212_1796111362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2abmpnj7hv1iktlp90uej38o7/59550616126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f246061f35---84450436827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/ziperufijukizozumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stardentalcare.org/userfiles/file/pewepevobigag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-fryazino.ru/upload_picture/file/nisem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/nivanurovasurigikebem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=lecture+notes+mechanical+engineeringPDF 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_off0000eab7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB7 17840 bytes
SHA-256: d05c720fa8231a358366a756ab0aacc221860c39d1054ba1f3d979a341ce6a37
font_01_sfnt_off00011913.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11913 10732 bytes
SHA-256: fd6c98c36c989d8d68783df49a88d0f41633773026fe7bb0901f01168e4909bb
font_02_sfnt_off00013190.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13190 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1