Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d16eddf3a6224434…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:18:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ad25c9ba3cb19b1362f2733cca084877 SHA-1: 3734fa47b89a761eabb6ef7dd040c6b5f01204c8 SHA-256: d16eddf3a622443495d411f3414885b15ec4e1bdd0d919449e04a06db1ce44a6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan distribution vehicle. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These links likely lead to further malicious content or exploits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aa553b583d4efdb4ac122d8092eadec/92989713436.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/802368383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1c0315fce---salamebumabasisirarulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klubbelgickychobrov.sk/editor_uploads/files/basebusitabujum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/sofesowajepuzorezori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b77niphg668bp8mvqttaef7795/sofavarabibisak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatsworth72.com/clients/5/53/532ec3c8dc0e95779814939736d4df6d/File/6867864710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad4676ad5f2---55010433633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khangle.vn/uploads/images/files/26538223328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/874507bb093f7570795492f2663d0287/femuluforuzibetenefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a02aea70bd---lobenisoposexij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7e42feb3299f4f8d846933412df2eff/5526901886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdmalimohbmd23t4k62btnqqs6/rinetegetakotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosiriosrl.it/userfiles/files/776221578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenobiacultura.it/userfiles/file///pivaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/81240782277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73514212931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaliva.eu/userfiles/files/tewozuguvetejujami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timavoshipsupply.it/userfiles/file/kuxilepirawokagosupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vs3b8ia5gvduafd3kt8jj3glir/35138128904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaba.net/userfiles/files/kefadigusonitajavumixaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5d19d2aeca12ea519ffba2c93c968a3/nokudix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c409bf406---bibadikoxixixekekulof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=the+crow+and+the+eagle+storyPDF 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_off0000e51e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE51E 19780 bytes
SHA-256: cc18e31f4d04a6a3be0a0a2971ce276ebb523354ea3773cde5280c81e6ed81ff
font_01_sfnt_off00011750.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11750 10720 bytes
SHA-256: b3326dbd3b4a1bd6a438849722835f8c4d8be5fae78247d3a0267e1e73325abe
font_02_sfnt_off00012fcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1