Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95e46c5e5f1166dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:12:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f263b756ef6a075f8e8e278e6b36f46f SHA-1: 271369c5b258fe178454bb14deb873ffa01f7b01 SHA-256: 95e46c5e5f1166dde21054b6b60491d99d03e101bffbd53e06ae44461c41a320
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests the document is designed to manipulate search engine results or distribute links across many low-reputation sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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=how+to+find+adjacent+side+of+triangle PDF link annotation
    • http://anthonyellisonfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/ff/ff850d76676c1858bf5e443b7a907d3b/File/56385344175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/xidozaxiwudumavaregapuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okb22pndrsauki94jvttd1v217/xejuvuzejumujaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a089f1252e977e6209d896e87f7e38e/66468695449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksa-machinery.com/images/file/98720849444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/sutivobavija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/rukipativa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1705eb6258d5440cca2797188c1484d2/93568535126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/bubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harveyfamily4016.com/clients/5/51/51a16c7d09a65bdad6d3cd8ef7da6b4e/File/97507617376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzionradvanice.cz/res/file/47227957039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/riponesisabijoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reelproductionshd.com/userfiles/file/pejisetudulevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bruisedreedfoundation.org/clients/4/4d/4d9d7eec3bf3a09fa0457ace138f6a4e/File/61493780509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ecd52b05d35cc03869be9e01a2e8394/80423664922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086fd2176bbb---sudugulesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24707329549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprzybranowo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69042745174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourjamesfamilyhistory.com/clients/1/14/146a9f92d0a296c7c29e793db058bb30/File/nuwamozazof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noxsun.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210626092949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc8d083e44---begeleledi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nirmalujjwal.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kajusiwuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rachelrom.com/rescontent/file/lemuzavepelizewowikobov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizergranulatorprice.com/d/files/70775088530.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_off0000c1da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1DA 16728 bytes
SHA-256: bb95e205c17c1a0983a6129210653e333da6fb58067146d403fbd834a6387736
font_01_sfnt_off0000eda7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA7 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 35d870ccdbf255764ace2c30e10bf1e427c7e8a6299812ae2f5aac0a5396933f
font_02_sfnt_off000106a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1