Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f16259f40ca18744…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-08-26 11:35:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 0955fb17a4a9fd60a7b89be54c8da03e SHA-1: 6b730828850ad1b88c662f4a6870a89063bc7fe0 SHA-256: f16259f40ca187446bf8b2e263815045a611f1f99b112a7dea4a0206740f82b7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607147c7e9730---8164784482.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49b81e149a0a30cc42ac7b90c293b402/54581528031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7720604006f359df1a147c12490b2e8/16100939037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h43kklk2gqe3sa7aoiejep3pps/najaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/jekedibif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f7a10f143c5efdae6c94c321af29e55/lilafosirejozebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6c4a3f4bf0421e591c4e5f1707f08dc/79850362902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-vostok.ru/userfiles/file/78818934891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendstyleimage.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36311541363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhometutor.com/userfiles/file/megugefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariasangiacomo.it/userfiles/files/76430702518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heizler.hu/files/file/10719603882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/latuwofizanupisinaline.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/tumefuvexozegonifanet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79f310ea7234d6ba3ad5bb9a335441ec/21505373616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ihvanturizm.com/rsm/files/59614363332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9195a041e---34766199675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074604094d63---88085934617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb4e5c2411---65358098330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bipaf.org/2009_home/upload/editor/file/fibubevogusaparixutabal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://someteme.com/archivos/_20210623151454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=mary+magdalene+primary+schoolPDF 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_off0000da61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA61 10972 bytes
SHA-256: e0bd57cb95ad48df9e0f6baad94dc18db3bb0599d7ed6019df8049ec7fbaaf82
font_01_sfnt_off0000f363.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF363 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B75 16568 bytes
SHA-256: 58411dfff87961c75c9492d6fedc610164b5e67fb04aba4da8fdb74bfc6eaf86