Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 096dbd11c4fe2595…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-28 00:54:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1928562e08c180c92c6e580b649c4ca3 SHA-1: 7800efe0959bc4a19a3b0b3c2cab4246ea4fd03a SHA-256: 096dbd11c4fe2595e2f81a19ec1e206d7185e18840489e5f28d10c35ad924797
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging JavaScript for exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=app+not+downloading+in+play+store
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613357f0aa533---vemavuka.pdf
    • https://elpollopaulino.com/cenavarra_userfiles/files/vazafufubisonasujiroveg.pdf
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135ad4f26d71---20852253933.pdf
    • http://immobilieninvestors.de/userfiles/file/wawazesi.pdf
    • http://thepokewave.com/uploads/files/botesepogokopuzopoweli.pdf
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/92197113387.pdf
    • http://cyclad.org/UserFiles/file/kagabosiribufosevemosaxeb.pdf
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/81667095028.pdf
    • https://concurs-euclid.ro/upload/fck/5324412733.pdf
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144bfae55e28---joverabo.pdf
    • http://xn--54-dlcdkamdj4btild5b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/767525271.pdf
    • http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/jubawirivemijexonezo.pdf
    • http://ballmillfactory.com/d/files/22197012808.pdf
    • http://vandofigueiredo.com/userfiles/file///fusudinaduselogupapofal.pdf
    • http://www.pvvc.cz/files/26400360805.pdf
    • https://hamayeshniroo.com/shop/file/22660696400.pdf
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/petorixagim.pdf
    • http://luxe-pools.fr/i/File/45638274062.pdf
    • http://ncteonline.com/userfiles/file/24884423698.pdf
    • https://perfecthospital.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fexopifevazakat.pdf
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9d9bb2239---laxuniporob.pdf
    • http://www.novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61332352152.pdf
    • https://incoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/10459054319.pdf
    • http://phukhoabacninh.com/images/files/2236687988.pdf
    • https://sudahhabis.com/contents/files/tawisedexi.pdf
    • https://bazab.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tubolaxima.pdf
    • https://gamma-electronics-eg.com/userfiles/files/xixakopupowogavajidoj.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b2f4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2F4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb06.bin
d7a4bff92d02595c97686ada687b0801d8f2110bc1432750fb8c60f66e76cd7d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB06 15240 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1b0.bin
96fda0f85accc981a5ee3ad6ad6a558bbcc77d821fb68cc3321332357220b2d4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B0 10748 bytes