Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95ccda6ab9243932…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-29 19:54:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ae38b955b4a88d94b545fd0383219d2e SHA-1: 656c7f55887da933ba7c16a79b763eeb0a5e8206 SHA-256: 95ccda6ab92439321399e4570a0e1687e3b3a04e82465943463282d182adcf39
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. These links likely serve as lures for phishing or to distribute further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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://tongdaidoanhnghiep.com/app/webroot/upload/files/89269304954.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cambridgekapurthala.com/damana/userfiles/file/mirep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/79449851810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/358bebfe961fdf2aeea7ca2319cc797b/gewudixozixosijijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f73969a73f23b1d3f8530d1950d81e0/walos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98decd3217---basuluruvikoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debten.net/UserFiles/File/33553361527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newdimension.su/userfiles/file/rugoletovur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/70526469784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eb14cc7b59702e548456fb423fc5928/palikabetofaniwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a6ed1110f---betapis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812613a7562---26590570631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienkiemis.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/tugibusogukerivobebaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85b0ac1c57---namep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53913019882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duonglaohanoi.com/userfiles/file/67846421787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/22392146533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b73c1bea046---lubijadaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mtinlebia9n44at7suquisnn96/93099442272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/4209783390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/10168995273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gobelsprofil.com/upload/files/84354344330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thessalonikiflights.com/files/files/58047516269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2892f5cbe1---pirafazonakigoxubavaburij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/nivarofep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=como+se+forma+el+enlace+quimico+segun+lewisPDF 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_off0000f6f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F7 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 6fb5b44c32cc462df8f1aae6210dc3d6824d94a5733a747ec8beea23e01ed922
font_01_sfnt_off00011014.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11014 18708 bytes
SHA-256: 63151895f3a8bc21b46e4d5e2acf9642593c1b61fdf028d2d74a5240124e9370
font_02_sfnt_off000140ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1