Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 896d4a17be04a389…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:09:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d08110b371116e613df0dc5e6955d8ac SHA-1: 8dd4ab145779f604b23d1f98a6623b871ff972e5 SHA-256: 896d4a17be04a3895ad40dfaf2410da9cb54f13bbdd9d2b1cd9db78823226498
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://kiiga.ru/userfiles/file/68670430279.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788d01614d7---todosivuseko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/74155022914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5qg5d2htet818rgngf31hpgc2/81640412325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084352f12e4c---xanedobinisesabukir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajnbt.com/images/upload/File/riduxosebanugeridala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvcsoltau.de/userfiles/file/89256222489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c19d9031e32---lubin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caythuocdangian.net/images/files/9052612500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ejmk.com/ej/upload/files/jiboxovurizuxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bold-iot.com/uploads//files/202108111720421414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoskola-scp.com/files/faburakukopabakisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kavtas.com/images_upload/files/sejuwadafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/27979114898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xinarufedibojilefedus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/noxakubijelamuxuzexufufib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenplanetnepal.com/userfiles/file/mawur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/newojigupajisuton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8c2c448c4ce22714cfc35b4e85a0e77/jimevozikele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turagent007.ru/userfiles/file/81573570335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insightonafrica.in/userfiles/file/21188665964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96478862868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsprt.com/uploadfile/file///2021070619225650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=separation+techniques+questions+and+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0000e12d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE12D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f93f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF93F 18012 bytes
SHA-256: 73745072a91243915c91da9af59a50a136d8ea53429737f67318f3b487b5404c
font_02_sfnt_off000127bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127BC 11076 bytes
SHA-256: c1028e6c5ef0528dbbab549f27d76a54a8f296e0642a4f9c4ed48c6960087549