Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e166dc3c772fc4ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-07-22 15:57:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: de04def0edd77b4db203b1d277e5c6e5 SHA-1: 08f4399994e21293df9c7bc874ea71a73f7e14a0 SHA-256: e166dc3c772fc4ca80d395193d1599046e3e6da7f8109c9ce48c6c5d78519e54
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and embedded URLs are sufficient to infer the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://jjcfurnituremaker.com/userfiles/files/20722140353.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da997f990b4176e02c50722a17669914/1797673654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3e5f73d01---sanidogawepukojif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbli9oq4aluvl35jsc9tnq0bar/sekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/supekenulubunazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/somuxibomepiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/nowarepukevujipibal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whkmradio.com/userfiles/file/22381628464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6872dc7afe064722125ec73728669f4/govevirufolebotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e137e24494d---70584498022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56cda2ecd42dad36866f7b643f5619ea/13780658102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/399f857e3d54a968da038e6061a7436d/48725742908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/zubuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a833d88d06f---goxaduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871d8543fd7---xujatorefimiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-pub.com/files/files/dogonaziwoxoterobaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad56c2bf718---kamulop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saydersan.com/firma/files/6193855160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717f5c7716a---wijamop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-9/20210509233746855875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/digepelawezepivetexegonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6d97cae9a---33702201188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inezorviskids.com/clients/37546/File/7704374501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/53091991183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786b710ef85---damisiruxesereduvogejaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shidoremicrosys.com/media/42532399636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+walk+your+talkPDF 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_off000105c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011dda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DDA 17412 bytes
SHA-256: 06ba22c100e66b6a5ebdbc97ef1bfea6f3f197eab75adc7b70a2abb18c6a21a5
font_02_sfnt_off00014b3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B3E 10604 bytes
SHA-256: feb4580dd41569d43967b39dc7a8cde590d33d6c01fe521d2accb94f3dbec783