Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f16a6b2229f4716…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-26 08:45:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5df95375bb6f89b6c12b35a632695e20 SHA-1: 416296e59315003c55a68d0fc807b9b2c3d60f5b SHA-256: 5f16a6b2229f4716ef87e29195222f32a020aea71e69a740ace147746ab025c7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, a common tactic for distributing malware. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a method used to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81b63c2f9ef3abf665133390138e060a/42459651416.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mtsskzy.com/userfiles/file/dedowaxurufupedopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergyproperty.com/images/files/kevumagewopidunulapabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082dafb11d90---73632605117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2h2m531thvsoff06i36t2lj0c/61695533275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d226b1753b15f6652481ce1dc1c5eac/wulebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16072e4dff26e7---boxaxiwukizorod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/redewigibumugumilazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/5408176016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5h8gbuaa7986m2vunfmajbama2/xafumegizovujasefemizevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d72071e72ab---mujurafujow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/timam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chaletsuenodesol.de/files/20549042608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://md-servicios.com/userfiles/file/27537943209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da935d3a54e195028b25f3c1dd0cbaac/66339392218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/zojisos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83a5410bda9db04a8f128f2053fc9543/12940826589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31303471c4b400d2fe19ec49d3cf9204/zosixikikulerinevuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607217a8076fd---nugelazadiwopalusuxapate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7705917a6---34515610535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/savadexew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+himnario+adventista+nuevo+completoPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2bfd49384a---56499251705.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_off0000ed7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED7C 17256 bytes
SHA-256: b15efbe7071378a7b81d8fe465b3d766f9024ecee41c0e94ebc295970d10cc64
font_01_sfnt_off000119a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A7 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 9cf875da277f106a8df30fadb41d1df4cf4821c81afbf83cd55188d43cff2a50
font_02_sfnt_off0001334d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1334D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1