Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 096854f9017b0823…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 21:56:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 91b4e385edbe41eb7350d7808bdad125 SHA-1: 63c2653112de5dc19bc65c632d7b2225db6e2598 SHA-256: 096854f9017b0823667b37bfe08b69de7351b5e47b816ba014b3c3dd90524b50
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external files hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this, indicating a lure to download a malicious payload. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rsj92rta7mq83r6m3gdmfs8joq/vivemerubogotufavimopu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b1a2908669628b9c96d0809d633ea1c/kojikawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubranni.com/uploader/files/72631892611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f94d20d567d3b08a55339206354cff59/zujipagerufizapuruxigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/fudubutasuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84e75836201f9708524f4081880d876/sojasurubum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41b7cabd7fd8b987191805a1cf26fd4a/17360336470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798d31d3626---lobusavuzazan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b9d1289e0---defikizejubanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97rkpk3j8o2r3vmuvgpeuf5qc1/vivilinapopodap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dbc9773637716367aa576e722714f99/62712149385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/nasukezazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzdshg.com/images/upload/File/foriwalonojifufupuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mileschapelcme.org/clients/9/9b/9b85db73e8c1d5ae3bc18b6db4f26039/File/suxewizosezikor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/wiriju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/vozabozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9e40e9579---torujot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b32cfc0635e---65704586423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.deuba.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ncr5qqhhp73ra4imcerjduvenu/36957471833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850488399e8---vusuwimasosixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-6/20210506060046240508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae9c799505---86752585029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=transformers+3+full+movie+in+tamilPDF 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_off0000ca14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA14 17236 bytes
SHA-256: c59958b97c9a5e0b2b80044f1ef899c1e0753e8ae6601dde911bb734a61bc6ec
font_01_sfnt_off0000f743.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF743 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 24199e137a1bc82c91204d7573e54e2a17a739cb9894638e7d3cc296c02c8d71
font_02_sfnt_off00010fca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FCA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1