Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b16d7b9c63c80ad8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-10-11 08:43:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: ca1e02e60a9af7ae41352e8727667e00 SHA-1: 1cfd0fd8b49762cca6e386f21b929dcc4849980c SHA-256: b16d7b9c63c80ad87f4278892ce49dbd829f5596a09976449d7fa6c037ef6e95
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features numerous links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, indicating it's likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161575015d4c7a---18956492077.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://huucodatlanh.com/userfiles/file/37442033813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1tn5pn0dhstpepge0gg4enenh/xajivaraled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbu.vn/Images_upload/files/vudipilogopavudaxave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemnhapkhau.com/upload/files/fowadomozobaneluno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fertilityupdates.com/userfiles/files/gomumowerezinofemasolomiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bippex.com/filespath/files/20210917093213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pyhunlian.com/uploadfile/file/93515289746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibingvibes.com/userfiles/files/reweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/76421409475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asesoriagade.com/app/webroot/files/files/51806414110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7ce5a3c276ce8d222a63c3daa7a20d8/wiluwowiridigojakigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamecoast.by/uploads/files/11757832784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94366932779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35879111791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/72323275304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhphucvietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/35945687466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlataraburmevuckovic.com/files/kidogikixom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teewer.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62892384723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.com/uploads/file/busaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78382474854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envirotechindia.net/admin/userfiles/file/30817217294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhang.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/90841175982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eakqshop.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/82421445230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/23840716444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangnampte.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/xujirokomixired.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://draftingfloorplan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tawitajomaxodogaxoweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=appearance+meaning+in+gujaratiPDF 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_off0000e58d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE58D 10592 bytes
SHA-256: cdc4b56f70ea5fbe737f4d1bc3a51403785f580458b766c4c4a31886a9bf5489
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDB1 18796 bytes
SHA-256: 58b56f4a8ba7bebdea427b9100fa02afbf32f05c26924912db60fee7758aca5e
font_02_sfnt_off00012dd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1