Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 916ff495bae24076…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-20 06:21:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 6a0d652519ba165a82e3ead86ea92829 SHA-1: 10f0edf41707b8e8ee6da52183eec8f0071c59c4 SHA-256: 916ff495bae2407654755f003fc1cfb5aed64c24bff4a4f2890550cf0fe5cd6b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a link farm, with multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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 http://www.gleason.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27122914725.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.coverseg.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/34748050217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/devojagaxexadolewegozad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiko168.com/UploadFile/file/20210901225725310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensesgrouphk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kivuwezusepixatezagox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccarrentals.com/files/file/67726668415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkai.com/uploads/files/88171746710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aa8314b63a13e7a32800db9c6e79f9e/fewuwisegikefud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/gukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsped.hu/files/file/6990934373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpiezasinasel.com/userfiles/files/pekexijuvuveduwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613316a5a45e0---jezatewuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byty-pardubice.eu/UserFiles/File/50408106076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yenidenyuzlendirme.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kedivugurizok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arch.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wunufozusufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614333af12975---pifevakonezarotefevof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vsrru.ru/userfiles/file/83332026048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0975811252cool.linker.tw/files/wufedilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azinsaghf.com/cache/fck_files/file/20410908366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wixoon.hu/upload/file/43718264038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelkenaghshband.com/app/webroot/img/files/naxeroxufepidotidefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beming.com/ressource/site-image/files/pimepiguxofijovubutolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://812423.qqtogeljackpot2.com/contents/files/71631905740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wozoxolezojijumudananik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/87857065211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/95266946366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=gboard+t9+keyboardPDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mipubakexutiz.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_off0000e948.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE948 17776 bytes
SHA-256: a5da325dc4e4546ec63fa67e016b5bf9536bb6cc5120191bf8c80b0403532b12
font_01_sfnt_off00011738.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11738 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 96ae24a269042a27f08eee0ccd7379e5d853226a27833839e3b32cdbae2a86ad
font_02_sfnt_off00012ee9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EE9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1