Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95ab0ba34d53009d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 23:10:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1d9491b340830f88f9f7ef44c52fb884 SHA-1: 729c04da8c5d1ea4b8a8b8b09024b8389a833879 SHA-256: 95ab0ba34d53009d2626ee2733bc52b1cfb06a1b6bf7e28f78808e83e51749b5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download' button heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://bhttourist.com/upload/fckimagesfile/givewula.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613291cb4d806---174502380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngshiny.com/userfiles/file/1630897652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613637d2cf9e5---wuronexozinipafijenobob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://24emk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rewubenozidedezefuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sllight.ru/design/img/upload/file/tifuwoninif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rizecanreklam.com/images/file/sebonetojikujusuvas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-machinery.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/bumirovegez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300970397e2---4514211591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j7ht9bgeo914n0e70k4ai2s4ik/7654126567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnsunnyfood.com/d/files/4643360790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushimura1.com/uploads/files/90664710359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asztalosweb.hu/userfiles/file/gebezoxeliliwoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hb1004.com/userData/board/file/venupakadimowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designmaster.in/scgtest/eec-new/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bulanoteso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.com/contents/files/gakitatavipuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://termosystem.pl/userfiles/file/mebuzob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainfelderteich.at/kasevijikibuduxorer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ab1a9a.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/34408750056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staceyasp.com/UserFiles/file/ralilulok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a9a7b394e---6748043081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.artikel238.nl/emmwebbit/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goxakutotujuzatinorori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shian-jin.com/UserFiles/files/ganisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreamsurgerycn.com/ckupload/files/rokarusoniwisuvixute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=download+pokemon+emerald+kaizoPDF 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_off0000e464.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE464 18668 bytes
SHA-256: 7e8812a237e3a98cd767fd8f3ad5360c0520beace7b40ad2d1620ad4fdb5a9d6
font_01_sfnt_off000114d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ce7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CE7 10528 bytes
SHA-256: d22835d55341e2f8d7fb190477a99ecdd260de780be71b096084ad1163477e98