Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95e4d8dcaf346762…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 10:57:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9915c3bbded06daf35031b8fcc3e316b SHA-1: bd276ef6c60a95cb2d67de1302bf5196b828010d SHA-256: 95e4d8dcaf3467629ff9935a4d64ca09d7c44883bc862c1b1b19411671efce5e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9906

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://bevasilicones.in/userfiles/file/73143130644.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rougezenekar.hu/files/file/wimof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aa5alfu.kz/file/98125728371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baodieptailor.com/uploads/2021-09-07/images/files/pober.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/xerorasivusekawurixukoted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promtour-rural.ro/userfiles/file/91573531763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naosgym.com/userfiles/files/88850348447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liqaa-lb.com/files/userfiles/files/tivika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aaptuk.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuzuwemojuxinewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3minv7j38sj7vfnvr0keq7vq5l/tusew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sten.kr/club/data/userfiles/file/20210913125323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masterkontroll.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56012544731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f6b801ff7f---lojekuwowofos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m3hotels.com/userfiles/file/74092944148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dukizefotiparezaxupiwuzup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leeclinic.kr/userData/board/file/17237551636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellilongoni.com/userfiles/files/waxaniwomasev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aa5alfu.kz/file/rovoronis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/xasov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d574d96ca8---gebagexabevobarimazife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25042598166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnnjhansi.com/userfiles/file/10650183619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137cca9878eb---13094629921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletmodguru.hu/files/files/94008140490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettomontanino.eu/userfiles/files/wonipadorel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milkexim.ru/imgeditor/file/35007351699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kabaretyimpresariat.pl/Upload/file/5277760243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=best+way+to+transfer+data+between+android+phonesPDF 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_off000100d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100D9 10944 bytes
SHA-256: d109ca1a1f3c813d17f425a18f69b71ebd5a5911d501901cfa4b75f8fb94b28a
font_01_sfnt_off00011a11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013223.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13223 18156 bytes
SHA-256: e29188ba22becaeae4f9d7e5dda84e4bfcd95260bd386488c1965ffd99d62522