Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 959736fbc4e745eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-08-03 09:32:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f5b0584ad8245b3ae041550400ef8d71 SHA-1: a73ded639982a886d9d57446eb904742d46429f0 SHA-256: 959736fbc4e745eb172ef92d3f7d1258ab8be3f81b66383e8d6eeb7c74a323f4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a high number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the numerous external URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae5b7dd6bd095228da8d4ab845bbaedc/90161219777.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sj0nvghl0got2e1rc6fv1ptjc6/50383177101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biplano.eu/userfiles/files/63675179554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happy-travel089.com/CKEdit/upload/files/jepikegikudedidedupivel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsbuffalo.com/uploads/files/vinanovofukokegafavodiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ninuxebazoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giltmorestukko.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15021808932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f355685d9---9783072846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/47857543509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd69276748c---wusazonakapubetitudilor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b7339d064---kuzunilagugejab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0qt4oqiiefrbqhcrthd1e4dtvm/72069204634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/tenabodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cc486da71---javomarob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c18bb59fb03b8921a6e32040ace1af48/93550084461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087aeb5dd35d---86510713508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/20005995923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9meclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mafitoposovepozuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omnistopbollards.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24694805723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b030799401cc005c90f19665b6fcdc99/gawafegupimoxene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salukool.ee/upload/userfiles/file/28699843333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iglozawiercie.pl/zdjecia/file/porawuwavizejuweviwedop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/39139870040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=porque+se+tienen+que+extraer+las+muelas+del+juicioPDF 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_off00010820.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10820 17260 bytes
SHA-256: 072541431e82fcd525423a6d0ff624be29e218c2730d24e57fee0fb02149297b
font_01_sfnt_off000133d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133D9 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 6279a424044e0ea6a99a4281f5868f16fe5da6dbc082540870ced0d33781cabf
font_02_sfnt_off00014d41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1