Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b016e4e3fd4f1d69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-08-29 03:43:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 88c2e74a2c654b89d77d09e0a0f426b4 SHA-1: 346c6548fa3b3ecd386f4a4bf299abd9bb1f1d39 SHA-256: b016e4e3fd4f1d691201c8da34e7bd09999a8fa3a6d4d78875293fcb50e4c3c0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of multiple external URIs, including those pointing to compromised CMS uploads and link farms on disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further corroborate the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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.
  • 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://chargers68-50th.com/clients/3/3d/3dd154274af4887fbe356f6dcfc18689/File/53790438186.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3fc786c0fb---84933162247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074483cc9992---sakekuzujano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca05986f65---xuzozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myexamadvisor.com/fck_uploads/files/dimexolodelejaxuwetagigat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96556c003b9b47088b164d6db48cee7b/83189957571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3894a726e087cd0f9ccd920ad43f67d8/48736820989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimalar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/suxadesarutubeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/84180874108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/2021721710411451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62813270caeb08bebddc4c15393a803e/debagawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/936144aaeee29a7cdc5de312f29ad459/80580522992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classtool.info/upload/files/xibasugijulisud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haciogullari.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/jikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26cd903723---lawumafonazuvitenumofije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuhs1981.com/clients/8/82/82ca37c076ec4232796cb58ed009bb3a/File/vororomelokigiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612926d1089b6---61504830239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb99756776d---16280017033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71747740914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtipa.com/upfile/files/2021/08/16/78628140997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=best+of+luck+in+all+your+future+endeavorsPDF 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_off0000d5cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eddf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDDF 18160 bytes
SHA-256: e5dff252bd94bbd439c132f7e0ae3c7728fe1a75e3a7b240f56bd3169d6c12ca
font_02_sfnt_off00011d28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D28 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 1d8025a7d40b3a5b8b710739b8674f1d710bfedd9aafe9b07ae6d46a95074589