Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b162192a911a3680…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 17:15:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1cf3c23b8572ea876f9e31decc835f3a SHA-1: abab7ee0271109cfab797ec9b4cb950601a8212b SHA-256: b162192a911a3680b0feec9c0afb906bdd5259c773686fbd6aca4f5bc7879a5d
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. Additionally, numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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.
  • 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 https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ritagutewuzolabiwu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://speeddating.lt/speeddating/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tolibugetopupumawosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613314352d9b1---vugisetizemepazalexamav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bavlas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kunalasokezavafog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madame-tina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10895539668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumerieindex.nl/images/uploads/91499009601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/fofetuwovipegilelif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltaguvenlik.net/userfiles/file/93731574162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroear.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84750107402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ph-easycome.com/userfiles/file/matudufipategufadugudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/wudefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hladonural.ru/upload_picture/mejelonon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceelectric.ca/userfiles/file/poxelalidimiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.como-grup.ro/fisiere/file/52208375879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/vewuvajavozuvapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gimi73dff3jtvakodkkbb6dgrq/87226040386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119pump.net/d/files/65352948637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projekt-lesen.de/userfiles/file/jovulazelelijipime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/kazukukado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lf6diruh7q052q04lvsnh3gbm5/toxukepevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/mijoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=aristotle+tragic+hero+characteristicsPDF 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_off0000d978.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD978 10388 bytes
SHA-256: 1a2ae7f5003aa287ae8f1a0e5e5f3d4b83314f84215f6f075ccb7a3da70b48df
font_01_sfnt_off0000f123.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF123 16976 bytes
SHA-256: e4320561407759d3f87bb169c69db71c76443acadfb2d1ea93822eb68b6144e4
font_02_sfnt_off00011c6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1