Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95bad85997d829d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:04:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b86a26508ea4df661c8e71c5b0e0f0f9 SHA-1: a8f37d71ba41b6e393e16acf2f9fb169fab87e5f SHA-256: 95bad85997d829d12c1a1e99f881e74d3bc50e1ba73cbc7b50e75737c0fa6a87
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of external URI heuristics and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' firing indicate a strong intent to host or link to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+very+hungry+caterpillar+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mugixezumoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papersacksfactory.ae/images/bulk_images/files/buzapodurupinefuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddef6ab38de058485bba1cc0ebd1222f/bogogumikiwanalalavomiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f17bbaac4acb71423360cb1ce6f9bce3/zowonerokelap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/mulezatizodilisomojol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/94743531229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bapizifevukuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensegun2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jofopezixozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaibooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_CFC6CC45388AE01E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tristar-technology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/resosuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/tufuligel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7ed6b0fce7---44603383758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siriusdynamics.com/assets/uploads/files/68193322252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daindnc.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/2295608161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithandfriendsfamilyreunion.com/clients/d/d0/d05d9bb0b75700e7199fc64e52c62161/File/diramodavinakaniwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vedexewobudizitogawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.biz/userfiles/files/seturuzivukopok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faisaltowel.com/survey/userfiles/files/96220711984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070eb3a2df17---44108725805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161241d1cedc7a---lopuletizolutugapidida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duepassidalcentro.it/userfiles/files/59474373373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/verirutixexatasibisomogaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mystruggle.uk/indigo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pududepedasobibux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomancini.eu/userfiles/files/53732352007.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_off0000d573.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD573 17968 bytes
SHA-256: 7596b4e9256f1fad8c7e7a07b26c6d85d8c538d489d18bda220b7e69cac49e78
font_01_sfnt_off0001043b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1043B 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 0e38139f1e19c632aa52b1c3f0683cdbdbca67dcceb295db1d1a83be433ba835
font_02_sfnt_off00011dd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1