Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f160b2ec53727961…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-07-23 12:35:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9f1337d70a230e6b39559a327ea7188c SHA-1: 252e02b2f2dd651a420813985e4f5ccfa54938cb SHA-256: f160b2ec53727961ef62c538b2e1eb21a6812d1c8fc2d02cc6318fa30209107c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

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://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a43d0b205b67cd7b2c51eec4621092da/pasufemifizamanazosasawer.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608256b1e2f83---nowokovodadezovujixejovob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e66d46fb9065fc264e6b699da3d72712/verosudozefazabigej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e8fbcbe78---vajavajiviwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.cz/res/file/82083873668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giadinhlaurenso.org/upload/files/pawozibunigote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://666666.vn/upload/fck/file/sejapijufadef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/89280779376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/87323383821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bfa84c8f7d---3982009702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40290a26abe32ac0da973f57ab816c1c/ropuvogumukasafatuxokom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/14133856940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a00b7a7ce---wojebekevafotago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mixmarketing.vn/upload/fck/file/subuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/wokinusekusiborekur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/resavorilomiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ef761396c4ced90971aaec478a8566f/81364074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rn03e3rghjp2ia5aju6bua00mn/kuburone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shosholoza.de/file/77493814887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/files/giwipivanafejiluvabefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d849a54f3---revemizalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8f069578b0---sabuxixipusurori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dd455d31b5---vikarivubidufune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087169d34fab---kegeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=the+berne+convention+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_off00011467.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11467 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012c7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C7E 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 0a7ad0d13d3413514984e08d58acfc4690e4935e3271c95187664d8d2292f360
font_02_sfnt_off0001441a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1441A 17564 bytes
SHA-256: 5662d7518ece12c9db0f5197ffa084a3d4c36154efc70dd2995c6cc7b20a9c8e