Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 316e4b24f7aa8b50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:54:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cd407c3717decca6976692e833cb9fef SHA-1: cbffba1869645a666d94dd2db3e9301860b45f7c SHA-256: 316e4b24f7aa8b50e3a351ceed315f6ff2a4efd3cfe5de2aa359c1abf5ab0795
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports this, indicating a tactic to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content through disposable hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a346f99027bab43a41be16f9e1f4f015/juvikalujododem.pdf
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717f5831d9d---80286584408.pdf
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1588756496---1877007160.pdf
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeb8fbb294493872d39566ce6845643c/zutopejutawukotonibazu.pdf
    • https://walkandsmile.com/userfiles/file/97048241041.pdf
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/gidetevuxomaxotu.pdf
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721548da4ae---45144785145.pdf
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/jugodoloruzasigitefatafav.pdf
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084dd3fcfdc5---11706058840.pdf
    • http://iworking.vn/uploads/files/76058662532.pdf
    • http://somersetcountybar.org/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gawisekef.pdf
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/navafomawanuxufeti.pdf
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802545f1781---ligososivuxix.pdf
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df5c5bf93a9411f4def2500bd5bf38c1/sovukarobilimaxaladiz.pdf
    • http://turhantur.com/turhantur/files/75020744217.pdf
    • http://nextgt.eu/uploads/file/19688018612.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5pjbd8kki5rpgopb9nda05de0v/zunililokazamawibuw.pdf
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/85162062940.pdf
    • https://zhansq.cn/upload/file/57928561016.pdf
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/vupulipimuxavinin.pdf
    • http://www.sphotobooth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f354c6200e---nuzezax.pdf
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c1b5b7070---jisefonujiwaluwa.pdf
    • http://www.gonouvellezelande.com/files/dojuwokox.pdf
    • http://sibmetiz.ru/upload_picture/kujujix.pdf
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4631f2abe---zusewozaf.pdf
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b5477c3cf---7772264803.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=when+to+use+a+stop+limit+order
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e722.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE722 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff39.bin
515a1be8a2421400f56dd7cc3dba51c1ceb068cd58fe0dcf26f18874200d43e7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF39 10748 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000117bb.bin
f363fc52b023446c579b7496857f94ef04a87556becea265ab6779647e769c76
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117BB 16628 bytes