Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b16867621aa52dde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 22:44:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f541691f18d1ba30f06f6b135d8071c7 SHA-1: 795ae5135879bd9477ffd51acfe2ea87a9cb3157 SHA-256: b16867621aa52dde13ec3effe7e4badaf906059735b23245f06e19ac5b5bab0c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites, likely as part of a phishing or SEO manipulation scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://unifor975.ca/userfiles/file/36154916503.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://florerialafloresta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28085944341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiddencliff.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_7E7D78C141554D4A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldia.cz/data/file/vogaxusasusakerir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2109012341516739767unlpc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pannonfinanz.eu/editor_up/9249690041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132449bcceab---92892151608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eol.org.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47012584569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciskmv.com/css/file/97563760126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce6c2efdd71346301cb355628abdee7a/31493853707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d83dde13c---83219589597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asqcert.net/files/files/75583427742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanagustin.cl/files/nulurapuvulevirunoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuocnam.xyz/images/files/56756033915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftp.bg/userfiles/file/52132368917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewoongroen.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/18368953971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babijie.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-8/20210908225149406520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e24a3e301f158e03d58b6b93962fb38b/xusebusav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fedovawerukedakeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d0abcf3b91357e5dea6017453f67cd4/47119121560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sasavewarimuroxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613172218f2da---dojonovepepijasuzipapej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jvlegacyhomerepairsmd.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/kelimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosesrealtyhomes.com/userfiles/files/wowivutoxibavedobumax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundialimportweb.com/userfiles/file/43568158413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=hamlet+fun+factsPDF 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_off0000c169.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC169 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d980.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD980 10276 bytes
SHA-256: 6969569d10b797445e8f3445e00db102b98604bb047b88fcd06fd9c0fa1ed78f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f099.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF099 17256 bytes
SHA-256: 8d416c1a22a96b453492fb51d16860ceaa314a1ae444d1a2175565000ed2aee5