Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b16849ff68a8d5d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

115.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 21:11:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2490fb406d5e6900a23c600f57808a25 SHA-1: 39835f5cfc119732f979f759563bb68d242071ac SHA-256: b16849ff68a8d5d20993c9136220302401259c683ba7bef772aebe58924161b4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to download further payloads or redirect the user to phishing sites. The numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, reinforce the phishing or malicious redirection intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085647c9f614---99004476168.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c261ca42d2b6a1adf3fe2f69696dbed9/82762997347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m83b62dhd0tb1tpfd2e4uodphn/xiwuzamonura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/bopunajusoxokurotikufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.com/adminfiles/file/likupuvoxelubemitur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6e9da63383890ecae3ed2cdd14f70f1/kebupolajubabesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609829d8e7198---45138199530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/tirifobumivedij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f976dd9ddf---71589669305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/bewazapaxidego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096fb39ca24b---tolavojenozosonesefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/80288887167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4tkhm54jhv8mmutpvj02sfhd8p/66529207701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/fubuvot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815d3074950---kabozeroxotasesuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0d18f25d60.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5j8fcre2kc1nr0hbtg8541sol/67711949697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/61260655597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982dcab1461---jegusemikiwemero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8709319f5117fcfb8527a5fcd0d4d648/pubekutozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lijudolegojumirapukil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021062921585690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/genubowux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09lfd02628i4jn1981f4ontbca/robeguvufawigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/wisibofoluralasaden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=pictorial+drawing+engineeringPDF 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_off000160e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160E5 18328 bytes
SHA-256: 3ad1cb3bafe611771e3cdc48bb267c768178f2acd39983d55b04e4e0e361ec82
font_01_sfnt_off000191b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x191B5 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 89f2ece95e82fd686cf01cd7b2d62bc8ee196ad36c2d5a9783051caa907aeeec
font_02_sfnt_off0001a971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A971 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1