Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e16a31133f97263a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-08-14 22:36:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3fb7fdcdd4c77ecea577a30993375f86 SHA-1: 3b39cf3e489ea3d8cd4c5ffe582fb4c48f985189 SHA-256: e16a31133f97263a1b807042d62076c5bd2df276d9827dd85fd11ef35a01331e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are hosted on disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0abuundnmt22r2n8438crtaflt/jefagakewevafa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106f80f844be---wibadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/8375464593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa49a9cea59---90621257163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/jenaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/95534414793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vo1icuo600fj75u5mi3nu1eat7/48537848612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talcmanagement.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/xaromuruwirukowupomufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b1adb329a---12348740545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/89673785733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9444a9a2bf5ef1bb624590082c14433b/1197297157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/25186199387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldcar.jp/userfiles/files/zidofitalor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/165b2e86e07128c4c7eb56d603c9bfdd/pomaxiwuximu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hunting.kg/userfiles/file/76422470819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae7f356528c---15425950754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a52032ba6---76956538529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbabdf79c51---wonerijutolafipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3a414e8e3---zizagadedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e970bfc53---laledezonewexemalalaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilatheshow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89260848508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents//files/wosute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=a+history+of+world+societies+value+edition+volume+2+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c730.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC730 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000df41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF41 16084 bytes
SHA-256: a79c9caf7d9fe7d7e6557dd08284a48a0650ee9668136fadcfdab94fba17ddb2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f476.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF476 11352 bytes
SHA-256: 7faf74ea5811026beaa9727a419a62178006d8992f3871f6d117ec645c4cb277
font_03_sfnt_off00010f2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F2F 16904 bytes
SHA-256: 43626aafe28e52cd7af2af03cabbefe986cf3ac6077a400d487f8f43a194a381