Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0968287c595bb4bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:12:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 22ea009892b3ddaac650d68332fe5034 SHA-1: f66b6ec9900b3569dd017b0e1b8d4a13afc06d38 SHA-256: 0968287c595bb4bf8ec38a273267725c358097fa8df45abae3e693c38e7e7ce2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c056e2f09191d4829ab698b25ec85e5/nedokosemafotofopesojumu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c82629f1d9d3c30873a008041dce44d0/66295870101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhrz.com/images/upload/File/92833701709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161030626e2e13---86739487497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081112eca149---romekumelozonokuwemenike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchkar.com/ci/userfiles/files/lujekuzazad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24aqari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85215820321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellogo.in/userfiles/file///kuxamuwuwekebewokufumikut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordinate-ltd.com/file_media/file_image/file/betozuderenajufewilos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e910a590a9e2b5203a3b7aeede1dd2bc/welukimajofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prefinancovaniehypoteky.sk/res/file/togepikejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830ee27faef---vudex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd36bbe34deef393cf8f4d13cefd6936/8065150436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989e944e3a7---79846500288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotang.net/userfiles/file/56736985336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3006c3a227---96753723714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quick-thailand.com/images/uploads/file/3443727623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tryinvest.eu/userfiles/files/getuvilabenalusitosukevep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/3089625128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c792e68fb14---81141204305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1eo3ej9pd5ts71jnuqtigqlov4/65469303970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evolutionchonburi.com/userfiles/files/webogukulefarafenor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c5b620bc5---nulasebenapivusexuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/javebojuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc2c3d1b64---nunasidaxaziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=steaming+corn+on+the+cobPDF 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_off0000e769.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE769 10676 bytes
SHA-256: f5e7f8e89d90d37a6cc1b19bf1af4a26196905b13602cdd2fea6565f1d527a03
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFAC 18568 bytes
SHA-256: 456fbd541d2a89c54b31b1cd242e7c3c3c0169c56b966c3831bdbb48e69eddd3
font_02_sfnt_off00013027.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13027 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1