Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 956d95da8c8dd58e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 16:46:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: daa3cd725c4a170d8f438318015122d0 SHA-1: ae04e250d08f2d04035ce821f3575d1bde729e03 SHA-256: 956d95da8c8dd58e1a5b434caf93b6936a6b9dfdd1a328665f31b49d86fd6af3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is flagged as a link farm, suggesting a phishing or SEO poisoning attempt. The embedded JavaScript stream, while not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, likely contributes to redirecting users to malicious sites. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan further supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=avast+gratuit+pour+tablette+samsung+tab+3 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.binghan.my/userfiles/file/58838613851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tideandtigers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/terirurivarutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellogo.in/userfiles/file///fegobizuzikokizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lignumweb.com/site/webroot/uploads/files/3823942491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309fe6c30c3---bikibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentauto23.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ribegebubadotujuzor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrkarta.ua/fckeditor/userfiles/file/81512201009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydtmuhendislik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuranorediludidololi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/fijesutasoruvobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161335db19e594---bimukimibut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.pl/galeria/file/12702327536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reckdance.pl/userfiles/file/76490399825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a67905d993e4fab04c710a014fbfcb52/51455626816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cautrucpalang.vn/webroot/img/files/nuxolowelebetokeweso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agedwedfjtj.pretty-match.com/upload/files/xatisapodusomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/labowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autostyle-japan.com/js/upload/files/98032280904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cicasoftavukatwebsitesi.demowebsiteleri.com/upload/files/46935235918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slesnick.net/userfiles/files/vuloxipudizajosamosigaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmetinternationalschool.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67810258838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totounited.com/contents/files/ludakupezutefopamuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leasing.net.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rorisipipigirugeluputu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142d48ae735c---lerazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herborgthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/xutebikomevuluto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolauniversale.it/userfiles/files/64998953983.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_off0000dae3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAE3 19704 bytes
SHA-256: c553d85760c15b00e049b9224e5ac0eb266ebf9ed887fd004b61df6eb5f74ddf
font_01_sfnt_off00010bfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BFC 11052 bytes
SHA-256: aa21e5ba50308d48c1e8d6ac7b2597b5eba020977bea4278a8ed9c12e7248579
font_02_sfnt_off0001258f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1258F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1