Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 516853dd24701258…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 19:31:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 0df08079e0b613e1ce2812de655f6a93 SHA-1: 2f23d4a7c3764f8ad4141620716f2e7f09adab72 SHA-256: 516853dd2470125812df894411010de84837f4bc490acb8280b8b6ae10fca4bf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristics indicate a link farm designed to redirect users, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=career+related+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609276aa04d3e---58714538028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4291e3f0ec8eb60270679bc721f4f23/59003226174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/37693948473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608647b533163---xipetulupalunezisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/040d0e2d9313fcda858177346cdfe174/fimuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51472585296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e1d36b6e8---ramekalalolanudatasurin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa04bfeaacc---77991858294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d56e93f908---93353523790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ef7b32e77f3ed3804c488349766dbc0/jezokixudema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h84q8dj5l6b5fst0ho6n1iic3o/mudabot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0bdc50bab5b01169fe2a7d48a775183/lewofapimodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f4f67cfca4501028ca1f06417d89485/92948967617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/9748180725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebestpearsonfamily.com/clients/e/e6/e6a49a9b6fa3fb0349b1957bd02e8b5b/File/10879474071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesen-und-schenken.de/userfiles/files/wibuwowadakuzomesetanam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d2fe3b8abda09dff3168aaf9d5dca20/49001491942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9e81a05f55---4820020582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6979c7edf---xefokidek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/vakefaziliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecormier-menuiserie.com/www/upload/files/98943454342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/tomujokoxerutijoliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/25940265801.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_off0001a5c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A5C5 17560 bytes
SHA-256: 200c20a42b1be88058257c4214775e0b5a789ca508194489419ce3f6dca0cb55
font_01_sfnt_off0001d3aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D3AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001ebc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EBC1 10604 bytes
SHA-256: e7c1cb31302ef57d04bda99d78374b2422165a22ceb0cc76fab92fad92155aa7