Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c16ff35adf166828…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:56:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: cf8595ac6585b99745c0f092f9db19af SHA-1: ab1784e44a6da63393f42a659805d6ce28cc9830 SHA-256: c16ff35adf166828a7e42e6595f876ce3d47a25e498e519e3d4f0527697020da
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and link farms, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hp+elitebook+840+g5+user+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/351f5cf51ea966c77afdb1f63260fd76/ruwafugira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/goxomojupidipatavuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madurastones.com/userfiles/file/29837679833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azinsaghf.com/cache/fck_files/file/69847234930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chretkinia.pl/userfiles/file/veduwinikigile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161312cc72dd20---lidojowepenat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/53265825171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7689b5b88fb04290a241468848cdbd8f/20102475429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i191da7il370m7j296ef5tovm5/logorazexefegimuvaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/30731822255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608601e17065b---judesupawusuneresaderales.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/bevig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a287c9a102b---lifoxojukemil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/495a5114fbbd73be890aeb0c913f4162/83007434304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfollowers.com/ci/userfiles/files/savojusiput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edgecs.net/documents/rubulon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/40515120451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riwogofafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081be34e02c1---69261452529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f3d7009f5d13f9544d1482e491248e4/23943851889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phs1961.com/clients/2/29/29da8dc1278d8f1c58a3d16208bcb4e7/File/25137576022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czechnews.cz/userfiles/files/78910333954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ab6ecd8aa1---10280543932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8255a96b8979b69516d4f03d05032bd/fabexatabekato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90f14a057c161385c5046f8b10057449/juvovatepenapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98e61eacabea119e2d5fe046eb837e58/safunaxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e016.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE016 11708 bytes
SHA-256: 2a8457b548f68de3b5e280d40407acbe8f8f4ca8b24c9b31f5f650706cfa0139
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB92 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 2cdaa4f9da51d9e1ac8b91066835c8805551ec43b35c68aae7f05669891e500d
font_02_sfnt_off00012855.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12855 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1