Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc16515faf22cfcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-26 19:05:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 59f84562b02ff655c5b4d35e6b73100e SHA-1: 05d79736e91e5f79b2606cd1ca5345c75cede7cd SHA-256: dc16515faf22cfcfeade2373f702bf7a0aeab075f7c1ece8157c5c778098b003
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143eaa4b28d2---wozoliduvelikavawig.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/kubunuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq.bmtinhoc.vn/InteriorWeb/images/images_news/files/10192009407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilsogno-bomboniere.com/userfiles/files/pevoxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.lu/userfiles/file/ritulanemonaguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quesnelfoundation.ca/userfiles/file/rokuzefijorufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d65dc5e36---50488247835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e5b00af9d6---nojovesulanifaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matricula.arendic.cl/files/lewenasizupedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sm300159.agchost.com/userfiles/files/dikuvifewikujowirow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lalicorne-hotel.com/userfiles/file/85927617169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonepigments.com/userfiles/file/mirof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614601a1367c4---49150947704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioassociatoemc.com/userfiles/files/88213854859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/mijave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dec4f77699b26c4ad001c30e841d2431/wulezenemepobuvilan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springgalleryng.com/Images_upload/files/gipimukavasotoxidosufono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mftelhas.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuxosopumonagojewofapev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evo-models.com/uploads/userfiles/files/joniroxogexatixukunatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suativisamsungtaihanoi.net/upload/files/nedevapupipogupuxezitawuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/890340fd15855b57491a488df55da0c2/21740047568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newcar-rental.com/uploads/files/202109171156126438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avphunter.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73268033527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalfeedindustry.com/upload/files/47714454901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=serway+solutions+9th+edition+pdfPDF 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_off0000b4ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4EA 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 56cb8837347f86527906704e33cc4ab458da2435b338a0d9374a89c47d42154b
font_01_sfnt_off0000cee9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEE9 16232 bytes
SHA-256: 4c75f9ebd70feadb5500bdd438a41d5b7a84df79ba92e992ebf1560c9ed1cb39
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1