Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca16cc32c5aefd54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 02:50:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 04dc32a972e8fc121a84900681214a78 SHA-1: 4d6581a65f12d893cc74049309ccbc5fff22a980 SHA-256: ca16cc32c5aefd5416c22f2942b5769162fce56e907b499f2d5632dd9ff4ef50
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of an advance-fee scam lure. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious intent, likely to lead the user to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • 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 http://thaide.org/userfiles/file/80549863555.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71621ef1e3a8e3fda88e3c31328d10be/65329751567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uu80eojr90qmnmo823c2a3d647/70498227287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michianaorchidsociety.org/clients/2/28/2832e32407c795c8d28ffe68102aa18e/File/18911879942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0an2vakn3m97hm5lggj41t723/xixeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608544e3af39e---75540854388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/79359387144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84ee881e5281d3052609e039193bb0be/13228258709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/topalodesavaraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gidaero.com/upload/fckeditor/file/xosomores.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f901c36b9---31642607946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--b8qxb801j.tw/upload/files/vuwolonadupajabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5jtbc4v13sdr8fj42mrguqbg0/15090646017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9056c33aaa---93743823947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/lepifenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westtech1963.com/clients/d/d4/d4250bc21dcbbf02d7f9bc68df143add/File/53282103850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hrmconsulting.biz/upload/files/puberog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48bcd07d06bd675e3e47b0198196b1b2/wiluve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otartufo.com/ckfinder/tartufofiles/files/wiler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd8ffded0ee---51352833594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b463a59354e---55992970333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/81684283829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+text+and+image+editor+free+onlinePDF 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_off0000e8c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100DE 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 7ec2ed2a129d1fd5c21372887cb1282a766446aa7109c0b5b55e3b300bdbdda5
font_02_sfnt_off000118f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118F3 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 3cff14e9ed69631fdfa640da4eac4713597cc37bd96a75ecf57601ebfab6e400