Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16e3dd225bdea645…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:51:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 24b6e769d79de0abd45ba760f09ad54d SHA-1: bbe9b37a1a59a64f836665e9bd5e07b305479dea SHA-256: 16e3dd225bdea6452a5e792cba73ebba1113d9747172435d484023f49522264c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The presence of compromised CMS upload links further supports the malicious nature of the hosted content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://salt17.com/userfiles/files/38883380324.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef70c231a2---94417100368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina-coaching.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wawikube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indolabtek.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/laramotigimuwijasotamup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853d63517f1---78291874153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zebcom.in/userfiles/file/jegezaxidigared.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konberdbio.com/upload/files/jalodusurawawekukepenutur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpgny.com/userfiles/files/87352419455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turbooto.vn/upload/files/bomidonavoruvasomuxemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luwivoxewupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/vusewepazuxeniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kojeneckezbozi.eu/userfiles/file/17046009879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muzeumkonstancina.pl/attachments/file/42268216564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/95457938166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/97436046533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089989b1df54---12369556877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top1np.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jowilavupike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/93210773360ce848ec20f0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colegiosantarosa.com/uploads/imagem/file/kavofevekaferirozomexojeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e99f11476b59c5e1069daed508d90042/pebudefuditatepudasorazip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607802ef9a992---46386072143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmandarin.com/uploads/gebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwort.de/userfiles/file/xewapumokawofopeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc8675c1fea0af9de3806507fcc9c9c9/rupavuzapoloponuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=treatment+for+hyperemesis+gravidarum+and+nausea+and+vomiting+in+pregnancyPDF 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_off0000ee98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106AA 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 1b03128ead193fa875151c7c5ccd125b2e1db840323a8dc38890ea17ad4522f9
font_02_sfnt_off000134ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134CE 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 17fc064b97594091c9331a5809b26bf53433ae9369d3c1d00c4283ca6423db0c