Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f816169efc56ed77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-08-07 04:08:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5356ea349bbd1579c43f5fc553a1eb92 SHA-1: 609fc661dac6a0e1af698ae45b7fbb018b4bbe49 SHA-256: f816169efc56ed77449bb62dd70812374d8d3cf7c2198af8a70b95f1902485fb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95' and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the detection names point towards a phishing attack that likely leverages embedded links to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3227f3c878---pidatarajum.pdf
    • http://smclassof57.org/clients/34860/File/27840935369.pdf
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816bf9506db---41905978521.pdf
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870bfef22aa---sovinegax.pdf
    • https://apotekatia.ba/fajlovi/47602134791.pdf
    • http://platypusspot.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luliwodudatuk.pdf
    • http://arcadia1973reunion.com/clients/3/33/33cb7023d77084166ed027ca16b579b7/File/ronasimomipabalafabelekab.pdf
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/14954217015.pdf
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8745dbb88b---rixorixetukiresogim.pdf
    • http://smarttechsolutionukltd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/40077216851.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9040283c62fd2f45bb0703ef08d28335/20326245739.pdf
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbf8617537---82752596922.pdf
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6968e7337---5752902422.pdf
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38af2e33ebda2792ecef9363e4d2cb0e/kolafosegifabixi.pdf
    • https://htapigroup3.com/contents//files/31388565219.pdf
    • http://creativetechno.in/userfiles/file/58728542615.pdf
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0da96f670---49667193845.pdf
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0vh4dlsmbghjss2svtdfdm5jcf/vomuxumugotanolaj.pdf
    • http://delve-cr.com/uploads/54368177261.pdf
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jofj3ja7ad6fppl30avrs772s0/lefezeg.pdf
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/la6pgsac5nri1jflb02fuqq7gs/58574573691.pdf
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32d6b4c5ede6f469e9c078deca1d7cb7/39274221253.pdf
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/lizivojakupuxuruvadil.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=wyze+cam+app+apk+for+pc
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ae2cf8025b2320ba70c4d57e1e47ced/fifafibuzusalomajemotefub.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f550.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF550 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d67.bin
50432f24f6b22d6a6e2a2e43dfa246f9a746dfe82af935389bdea499d229952c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D67 10392 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012500.bin
9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12500 16092 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013a41.bin
a5ed2c3e82da07b7a2fb0a852eec3d1b8f3a3c49810096866d8c7f9ffecbf378
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A41 17468 bytes