Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 096014aeecf993b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:51:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3f501e3640002644a8d0c4a53455fccc SHA-1: 0d6459a10de02b167b3d4772e241cdff8c074cf3 SHA-256: 096014aeecf993b2865dff2f02c517d02bc732b0229e6fe1124824160ceffb6f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. 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-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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=troy+and+chad+high+school+musical PDF link annotation
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c41e0cab04f---jomipevadodafoxunati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/lujusiwoboserazusabeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5db916235---gegitimolanonewewogeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1a6434350---nejijetunoxijavef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c5ca7cm45g7kkflm0ee2aua1d/97162255172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608333a28b155---83435985997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxcottage.ru/stroykamen/userfiles/file/98588857516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predia.cz/userfiles/file/fobijubowusisixovifavesan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/92651437358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/deliperofugevof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3i17jf6oto96smb9506jml9pr/gukimibovigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae4e3432f8---1900385193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/66402966677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/sopozumoxugetejap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walkercombsfamilyreunion.com/clients/d/df/dfd517ab040340b2551da60fba195f5f/File/sumotujiroxulomaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609116c1e463c---25750591945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adc07e3be2b764208f5f3458a3dd9eae/76739885737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podereilmontaleo.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/tawurinurutedizaniruxide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210612065447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f4578d8c4---zusevasile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41473cbb5d---rugufarupixizuloloviput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sp-pir.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67ec5a611fdf8916df65084b9beead08/44563982770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fa3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA3D 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 0406424f7ba37085847776200a4928e3a0158c3fc7f4a8f86c7e3bd55b641371
font_01_sfnt_off00011286.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11286 17224 bytes
SHA-256: 27fe668a30672998146b520a9ab199253f5501465112740159dea75f86bce194
font_02_sfnt_off00013f9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1