Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95b6e0737eefe930…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-08-07 15:20:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 7b57ede89ac88bf0a055cfcfa7674c12 SHA-1: b5d9c7197cdcaa1304b4459de80cc4322846cc61 SHA-256: 95b6e0737eefe930b2a2c1c78e19de109da34de66d5b62505d5536fb66a32d54
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm on potentially disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f636661ebd---xesejolapamoximukubibune.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081265ba80b9---47166968933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aykutemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/mosozenibunuxapuwati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e97708c570c8fdf25233cf1292ec4aa0/96702453384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealskinz.ru/files/file/91438060608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glearningsolutions.com/userfiles/files/66283475036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/48877197455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///18681032870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0898.com/userfiles/file/20210703051609_6fls46.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ijdsir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pibezijetoguna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/11381938648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9aa01a560---23602067536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/giwiwikodabakenosaliro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b2esj66vt7qne6jlah42u3b00/38024262155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960dbcb21fc---dajipaziwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.it/upload/milameremubozinewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhfangyuan.com/uploadfiles/files/43725655583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/77540160938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runo34.ru/attachments/file/8086104240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944c82207a5---petusiluxonaziruwufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eecc219e404449c9b66616d5524b937/banebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaspoassur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eca3325b5fb1038a97dcbcb004779b86/govafarolerajojirizoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/44781055299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimtronu.org/userfiles/file/41999898887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608362914adae---94321255672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+best+salt+for+reef+tankPDF 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_off0000f862.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF862 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011079.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11079 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 84d0b131867279f2d8fe8e6415e70908f3fbd9e3231638b06b5a32ff6a341f89
font_02_sfnt_off0001286f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1286F 16844 bytes
SHA-256: 1858e232c68312900ba9bc7363a4b1d1fd8e3165678b2091e51f3acb0a2b2168