Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 179516d3701c39a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-07-20 15:54:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4da488b29e6a971211e20e3a695c2cc3 SHA-1: cc2802f3cce8edff9926987c46b22d5fd337cfe2 SHA-256: 179516d3701c39a64f44a97b43bfddc15a3957c623ec536057679bb5b9bfd24f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the structure points to a link farm designed for malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/263f18cedda6b383440600f3622d348d/94743334716.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://congchung7.com/upload/file/mopose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7f96f19a3---zivekuzap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c516f1123---vamopamekegexumamikebuwas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607077d5d45af---12521588478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rnsnider-classof-68.com/clients/9/9a/9aaec9a1f64917203b32d8bba7bf2533/File/sirexet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d113e4a77---45231847620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/3116648783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075398b8d239---38321058812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/woxuwapugiminivaxizeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3noa22co900l207o38fjh71igm/rusexaneputozukilus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/26599676778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uak27fd1417uim5akmi5a34olo/65292064726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86306722998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789c4ee3fc8---29656545049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4901d8539ede174ad0b7f252d9908574/90532247053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/5873828693.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://sakra.sk/storage/file/46794524542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwclass197050threunion.com/clients/0/04/04fd426b2d2cb16e649a8dfb8bed347f/File/xufipovutonuralunilopuxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f275b85e8c0207488b1d026624a82d78/41759198445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45034b6f90c74686e044b879cc31c379/rebikatarewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=cybersecurity+essentials+1.1+chapter+6+quiz+answersPDF 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_off0001144a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1144A 11312 bytes
SHA-256: e596f36058053b20adb8391c7d6e238c579212e430117fd8dce70c8f01815c57
font_01_sfnt_off00012ecd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ECD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000146df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146DF 18704 bytes
SHA-256: 21c93dd3549d26044c1c0d08ac721ba9dc635f1cb77458880a4e628a56bd2e5c

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