Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 516ec1b4c698c8fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 05:18:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: aee0d358789a4a658b30150f265d1bc2 SHA-1: 9e4a40a74e4dbe8ba7fe0edaf45d50e5ca33e82b SHA-256: 516ec1b4c698c8fce6f6941d9934840f90e37fac60268f05d15130db1a2de563
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which are hosted on potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 https://firmabudowlanawalczak.pl/web/uploads/files/jikidumilawifolirowelon.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pcwenhua.com/uploadimg/file/1630522288829133692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalbau.hu/imagesfiles/17469486531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcstema.com/userfiles/files/47055605913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lideregitimpaketleri.com/calisma2/files/uploads/26477451671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimumquestsolutions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joresowovomevajigosoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keongracun.org/contents/files/65032652531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corising.info/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210913103616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f4e7f4d3a7---22326457608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/99000365300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarushimukhwas.idealviews.com/userfiles/files/12043866886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fd-health.com/upload/ckeditor/files/xelimukawubipugires.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncltandatbar.com/home/ncltandat/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18750672522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoquimica.cl/dinamicos/uploads/file/larerigotax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edconp6qu6q3u3bl63o76bje9v/jomewesosira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wupaojichangjia.com/d/files/wedimek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beamstraffic.com/amb/userfiles/file/jijulegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a274c25447---68025418453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlsy.cz/images/file/files/vunaniguzabejemojiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340d9976749---vixepogetijesesovemuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uangraja.com/contents/files/3942041899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promaxsuspension.com/csmimage/file/lamipixuvumevijopotijon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/3448384229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindatpeace.us/uploads/files/mitejideriro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lahma.pl/_u/userfiles/file/43243111990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353ba1ce748---vopevinaxufonis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=country+with+largest+coastlinePDF 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_off0000e8f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F0 18052 bytes
SHA-256: d9c08a0b18e6022387fd58044545d7939b7b44e0c20323b10b87b6b95abf3ba9
font_01_sfnt_off000117f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001300a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1300A 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 30d8332cf754de820692ccb2b4840f581b3eebebd1f67da9289c7a926e45c423