Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f16df715328fa778…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:35:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 41167c48b2049b886796fd10574375fe SHA-1: 9280e899e4f66c2bf4d985524e337b79547ef3c9 SHA-256: f16df715328fa778ae07a5851dd2389e3ba35762f213bb432b9b7e13d3d00d04
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a high number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. This behavior is characteristic of phishing campaigns or malware distribution, where users are lured to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/zinomikuxegisutup.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/xakiwusuzasitavojezifuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18f8b2c244---kizuwalovasusogowuxunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a009366f3e8---45404274242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antasboru.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/rareretisuduwijek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f72f7939e2a---88013119645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivekanandbawwa.com/userfiles/file/jigapetikodiwexadanexuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d1973509c5---38435776875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80391e0368f2bf8d8e70492c816a0d12/6000657781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb8lurqmqctd26ujg3pkt5i333/47315409466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telesson.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/libemosewojumukolakikofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0vq8at6u21006q03gd3egjomb/luwudobereganufeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sluganarodu.org/userfiles/files/vevavodol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpghollywood.com/userfiles/files/rebopugexuruzobimijedok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banner-ever.com/ckImg/files/3321485489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishtech.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/86946624781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkouty.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gafuwivademiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d86da61a62a---pojegat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otelm4b.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29074570394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnercable.hu/files/gufalasegoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunajecbiala.pl/upload/File/56657785580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/runefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a2e914a6b---77841576202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=ferienkalender+2020+niedersachsen+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_off0000b1f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1F8 16156 bytes
SHA-256: 9f440de4f388a237e67a03402eecbfbf4fdff22639d7726b0dbfb05a4df39ff1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA54 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 74f0cebd3dc6e2b91a972fd4e66bb3a59044625ac497c976c591d201b7622a28
font_02_sfnt_off0000f323.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF323 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1