Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16e339cd44c173d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 00:24:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d7710c59fa43102359ac4600df3d9b2e SHA-1: bbadedc0d0fdf5cd88baae86bc850bb5014ea002 SHA-256: 16e339cd44c173d723f4639699b8cb97fb83e19e054a803bb80c0e6455a71b6a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's used to distribute further malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=animales+para+colorear+e+imprimir+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d51cfacd0fe---56043671995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98a190b1ccb6495db8afb92712e14a6f/jewuregeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65048e9ceb937a13adb1ec97186c4ef2/42599848510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89275250781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supportsystemsvainc.com/home/ssvi/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nolanikapekodogujagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be153f35a22---nitanopojekisosesuneru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abce5d239da---zaxemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2afaltibenbtc3ajl2tna2kflf/budaxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weddingdiy.cc/uploadfiles/files/20210703_080419_7772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b5f7e5c97---8468307060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wineart.online/userfiles/file/fekagexalifub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkyangmei.com/uploadfile/file/2021070601291473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glassick.com/userfiles/file/7833780225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/37799509919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/22727680391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b0b6ecb03---ratew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b49a08465c5---xagijofesanisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balarampurblock.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96199877238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3649db322d---82104840599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentimesneedlehill.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/zupataragajodox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epplast.com/files/file/62219547917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drghmmlh0ge7k8uv6rdm2atl2d/76176936946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aj00uv8ivqdl5vi88nag2lhjr/30848295483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkconline.com/landmark/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zobuzorejujonulimepad.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_off0000d168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD168 18004 bytes
SHA-256: ec73344d970c2e062c12374ed36e2650e4aee67671c2d14f00976272306a31e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fee0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEE0 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 05481994d115ec23e74d25bf636652453691205d7fd507bb1522fc8fae701cdd
font_02_sfnt_off0001173d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1173D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1