Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d16e4f471584d234…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 19:14:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: dd16f969386e497761cf8da4c05fd962 SHA-1: 7581a9024b5c3b056799e50de59fd912a4c3b010 SHA-256: d16e4f471584d2347b438bcd8dc8f1bc7f020ebe451c856e99ce0ff21461adfc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute further malicious payloads. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=autocad+civil+3d+2018+tutorial+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/zelevemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensormaticltd.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93045607134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_students/files/zedadakanapurogumowen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/77343137536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q4bpagcc0vmc4dh9c06tg15d70/88120049443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalmi.ru/upfiles/files/51755726047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowsontw.com/shopadmin/upload/files/54919385934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zygzak.eu/foto_dane/wysiwyg/File/3707891430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santabruna.cl/upload/file/30517179324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/219ccecde7a2df6a33449158887525bf/66116426694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vibibawosaxanusivojuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/xovekinerar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinaxaraes.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18269040734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misterholidaysanprisco.it/userfiles/files/talinigidalogisawive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thucancakoihikari.com/luutru/files/70777355759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermandadperdon.es/userfiles/file/japisakamenax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handinhand-daycare.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56004556496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daimarconstrucciones.com/images/admin/file/sunexuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8r36ma5ltb2utfasngg82f1nk4/2675258899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d6f7978eaa---9199981880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiemhoahaibara.com/data/dulieu/files/6258961386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eksternest.be/images/file/84666604071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210909125218_1671518772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdvvietnam.vn/webroot/img/files/wosobodebiforatowadumeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straps.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jokaromupefonemiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/pinexomenobananukoxesovug.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_off0000e0a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B9 17532 bytes
SHA-256: 752c742b72fb7fb4769e132e778765fdfaa763fb3371bd4ab495cc3ad071edf8
font_02_sfnt_off00012631.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12631 11032 bytes
SHA-256: f5ef97564f648b2f13befe53777d72d2a7aa49f02426e2a6a99001838c1b004c