Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73096d4329a329bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:48:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: cfff09ea6f65ad0241f30a93c8f298aa SHA-1: 2317d614a0714dd129a5b2a5bc7c82ef59c7b19c SHA-256: 73096d4329a329bc37006d16f43818dfa264b7dd297023990ba550f96958f35e
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 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 distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://skazka76.ru/pic/userfile/38712264328.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://branpc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62450143789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redemaisfarma.com/userfiles/file/xuluvitafusitivotaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/nafexajutav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/66843683590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesifveotesi.com/files/53093017524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727099b322d---7225461836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a7010cbda015b3ab830cff2d45b50ea/14400082890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/jimelavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/92335959998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61cb407115ec8f30a28fd69cc3a62c9f/kazuwudiwabinekulube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonestudio.pl/files/upload/file/95552379719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fonfe.com/uploads/files/38966471349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8aff84a59---20868936734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luvokedir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/99016433800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airtelco.com/data/users/_/email/files/57617976739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861f11e261a---54294329375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garantc.ru/userfiles/file/75716274015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamotato.ro/userfiles/file/vikexirebarovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609beb9a4e828---57617180427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/20330585280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123bfa743ad4---91625196325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/89234024155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d0ebbf77b7ab49fa23845911164fc83/tetop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=managerial+skills+pdf+for+mbaPDF 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_off0000e952.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE952 10968 bytes
SHA-256: cfaaf7a07e5fc1918b8f396d4f54aada557fdb2c32accaafa9b55db3a2cd379e
font_01_sfnt_off00010245.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10245 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011a57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A57 17284 bytes
SHA-256: 3d7864973839c9b66ec840819b36af204a290e89ab40b717a38af6938f2939e2