Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 816e8c2f77f6818a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-08-08 10:31:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d7a1dc94f2b7b7a2fe3833eb9aa650f4 SHA-1: d955f88c697ffb0c79a7832538ba776c3c2e1671 SHA-256: 816e8c2f77f6818a47f8e6a384a4c80e23f0c58ce715fc4572a7de6eaf60526f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised domains and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL findings point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://12shio3.com/contents//files/6413864882.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff25828123f158f17dbb55bd74baf2f0/61288736551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/rarilovumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dianthusindustrial.com/resimler/files/gupitetibotukigitarus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b7d05d608cdf1b250333272d1317bce/wixupokuvudeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jl-vacuum.com/upload/files/buwudipugeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af8c54e68f---mukimijijas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608818120a4e2---jiziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/takanazekemepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a33cb08b3---50602481722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/26566011997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/jisopalibom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonmathunglan.vn/upload/files/bibox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e62023bb28cfe5f6e2f623283d700854/33231756033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac33e7003e8---dunavofupijidujarezozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64e4bc010acb52d2837c7151a405fbf0/vusaman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a98b7fc7cf0909b74373d13ad4dfe00f/tatunozimivowovadopikuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladue69.com/clients/876446/File/76687571591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rh-h1tapi-turbo.com/contents//files/35491915407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oralrem.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gigelofazuvowusuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3070f41d75---dunedidosuxutabus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myredm.ru/uploads/file/doxovajumafotajoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tochuchoinghi.org/files/8310933508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a854195ee8f---widabekomesidazufibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=shutter+island+full+movie+free+download+in+hindiPDF 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_off0001042a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1042A 16816 bytes
SHA-256: d912ca2ee9deaf99a1a5351b25287178c70960ea71a5dce36eeed0456f6c7351
font_01_sfnt_off00012ff0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014807.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14807 10944 bytes
SHA-256: b9da79f665eb1a08eccf8c0cdfbc4439d93191a5d6c9ff71d92f611529e80cf8