Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 716e499f3ed92303…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:50:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 12aee93a64f3852215dd27be09dc3467 SHA-1: b30d5ce6692bf8ca82a3e8de8eaa118b5118a10c SHA-256: 716e499f3ed923034a1b61a200b5fa87b5b93f0ad2c18befe0925932524784c4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and link farms on disposable or compromised hosting suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, possibly a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9891

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+tekken+6+apk+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143f47b698d7---dowifejatugewobijodiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijpdua.com/contents/files/webokuvapavubujaxiboze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euromarkcreations.com/new/fck_img/file/900181452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://levne-pohary.cz/UserFiles/File/9874068524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromp.it/userfiles/files/85494501970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161440a681fca9---33386180386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/67069507041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38577007245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f17a1b9d1---totasopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theheavent.com/userfiles/files/lixokugufitesisan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/wijizokotide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futsalcb.cz/picture/vtextu/file/kepewewitaxarobelekevam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/24989366430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artsar.pl/userfiles/file/tafiferabokovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubilex.com/userfiles/files/guluguviwutorikorawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actlogistic.vn/upload/editor/files/97864239432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rovitek.com/userfiles/file/98807436928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1.com/contents/files/24522440707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fluffy-chins.com/images/file/81752031913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90953707326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esvigo.com/upload/files/29458869903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.integra-cr.cz/administrace/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92661216201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wamer.org/userfiles/file/34196554141.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://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_off0000e6e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6E9 10668 bytes
SHA-256: ef820e9bad3a4c93b06c74b32d70d09f229a543c92ab044f29f7a235f6e2cf43
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF81 18008 bytes
SHA-256: 643e9da78b6d1f6de3c678d29af66dcfaf6d0f2c1d7a26962b4915af7b7ed896
font_02_sfnt_off00012e8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1