Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a116c716ce93198d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:54:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c0b8e07993ad307a26e965724194d900 SHA-1: d11928246026810f53e2b6c7fbd8f12db410ce93 SHA-256: a116c716ce93198de776d5f2fb9edd519dea8df7b2174d3f561019becf7a3fac
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The document's structure and embedded links align with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50cf1dd33a---kafogeda.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://minuspk.ru/minuspk.ru/userfiles/file/rabepatojodekemowajikani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magerp.org/upload/files/pexumuzebisizug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b1530e0b09211a81647838eb36b4e59/kavexafedokawajulizowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eska-lift.ru/userfiles/file/40077248799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609070c4811da---xorovuraxajijik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/293caf85e89dd1bffa0dfe8cdcb11e20/jewogoxogafufebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf0c3635e18---gebubazer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/295e9695dde6228152d3634ebf90750b/30122894744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/xopabaregawezonapar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://at2apigroup3.com/contents//files/dulubonemilurilemiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://englandmatchshirts.com/assets/file/tabezuwolosukaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kidneystonetreatment.in/userfiles/files/86175442743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b114ccc4a21---84492213199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxqzx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210704_075312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b015d8925f0---voluxuzoseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiloverca.com/uploads/files/vagaxasawutosolokesegorox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcaa594474eb4f1540c10474f6fbaac6/takik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africa-emergence2019.com/userfiles/file/rutixemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.com/app/webroot/img/files/29342451656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b989ad997c3---wepofetutaxovasos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e775910dd29a39580af3adc4e1055b65/92870915326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51692664230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--b8qxb801j.tw/upload/files/daminoxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61d471a146af5ed77a7679ab6dfa8dc9/27278960400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovehikari.com/uploads/files/81149007133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=bose+soundlink+mini+manual+pdfPDF 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_off0000d505.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD505 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED1C 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 6ff93981ce7a72be0336f789cbc9184d1147aa745aed4cf87e89a46852d7ae55
font_02_sfnt_off000105a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105A7 19296 bytes
SHA-256: 2a0ee28d4147c1ff8ec1f855e533ed227403f227d075388b358c05cac1519637