Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16f0f24cdc1f45e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 17:43:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a16b65b584af1a9caaff0a2933435f8a SHA-1: c753ef87863f42f1f1999604beaead34d3e73723 SHA-256: 16f0f24cdc1f45e0d82ee1e9f2d24cf6a4a320a215ab8faeb3374a9e474bbd3b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It hosts multiple links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute a secondary payload. The PDF likely exploits a client-side vulnerability to execute code and download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d0956966d14edc3e66953f170f39f66/keserasemijigoken.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/bagupewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariailmarzocco.it/userfiles/files/23449842459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/95969598337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/11976888984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc217e2a30---12993611473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6236d7b664---zokilewokix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b132956c55a---wurawisidifebikibonukape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a7ee2c231---8210355684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3520750000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fed2732fad---detaladekopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607263e5c0a2c---43858642516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a18f58b19---bujetiterepigotesawexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9cb174990c4841ca1a7b2b1503c63b1/kipijawuwesokip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/rojepamudoxisenan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndt-tl.ru/upload/file/waxonilememe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc9a2974d5---17506269380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://federicozucchettiarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/fenajonafurulujatoxilafev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a56fa85a81---1830457666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodsafebox.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nifajewumodonudidawosate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607caa1877c7b---nexunabexot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faabab518c18a2889e80f5800b9310a9/61328160576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zafirkort.com/uploads/files/tisexunir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cd4f06a8787c52ad227004894a1d70f/buruvaxibijinuvawop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+clean+a+clarinetPDF 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_off0000f628.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF628 16536 bytes
SHA-256: 4c5a3c8934d63ee61fb86d6176056cf2a97d389f80ec13f308aaf2753ef1923d
font_01_sfnt_off00012114.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12114 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001392b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1392B 10488 bytes
SHA-256: b033d5d0ca1b5b784e556bc8d6cae68293c11a153178ad3b59138c290f43b7b4