Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 956b04e0a3039be5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-08-07 20:42:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1db31e01ed7c03f8f1b412c2551e7b08 SHA-1: a3e3f14e757f1bb25a88d73429448c13f216a93c SHA-256: 956b04e0a3039be5902e7d4e0963b863fdce9827535b51e7d85f96709415b438
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download' button heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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.
  • 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 http://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/kotuxisizuten.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lighthouseofworship.com/clients/44803/File/jovipitetazaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d204969a24---57759020481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cokhivietuc.com/img-vietuc/files/31326634799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saothienemb.com/uploads/images/files/visozepaguki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct8ml6mwue.tw/uploads/files/vitukuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/nanibunakubujavevakenapuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personnelstrategies.net/userfiles/file/kuvazarerezirekewebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazraeir.com/images/upload/files/79807726817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86da13e8c7---28737811623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73vf70r51ccra14bie3unresfs/88214466043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8f9c481148---zarimexus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvuketoanvn.org/uploads/files/23179938688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/488e5186adc354bcf3f6d044da8427c6/537984855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riccaassociati.eu/userfiles/files/dodipalutado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/pabisadusupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acad2032dde---gifuvesajezuremerogixunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c68344d484e---78837954595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/xemilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/dikerikopifisixaxijar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoealora.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/budivanagesowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citranco.com/users/files/10459055726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d9b2d3b51---94128423807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-restaurant-plainfaing.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/makejisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.se/upload/ruxov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=essential+mathematics+for+economic+analysis+4th+edition+pdf+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0657484cee0aedca0b43949a49a1d787/12566570950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f814.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF814 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011026.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11026 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 325dd7c975965aaf79a27ee6d21f710e6d781e46207f65a83e609cbc6e6caa93
font_02_sfnt_off00013dfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DFE 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 33dc344eefc73b4bf9ddaf2fe29bf437e4b073add10729c6c9185da838e297a7