Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95f799fa182cdb41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 08:17:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: d3e67fa9ab9fe37eabd60835cee91b82 SHA-1: d87fb305c34d42e26d54420ec7a15dfa7e4c06ca SHA-256: 95f799fa182cdb4187f1964ba2357604522633fd3022c5fc35333ec55c34d504
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. It contains embedded JavaScript, suggesting it may attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of numerous external URIs, many hosted on potentially compromised sites, indicates a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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 http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f3065443a7---36497082051.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gospel-streams.com/asset/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94848746578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147cbda53c92---73531861268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andersonlawdecorah.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/77960516426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-9-4/20210904075353273918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gabrielamaciel.net/images/content/file/wekarujurowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161477101308f6---merake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-nice.com/upload/files/fuzowozuboworakapow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pamukoglu.com/userfiles/file/getilusepodibalob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3bbb.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/biriweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contelex.it/userfiles/files/64594555953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esteel.my/userfiles/file/73109786997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giridhareye.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zisakejavijatadororobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-foundry.net/d/files/58520777695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.com/eros/userfiles/file/24561582105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5pev6rjs93r51cfdcvclrqk37/20515271362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavachhaiphong.com/upload/files/14366801600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kilajogefojutazafar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614901078e7fd---lonezegedefimejudimileke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/rijezirasutisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shepardinteriordesign.com/rw/upload/file/81971423403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nabajegamolibaxuzadope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57f5398277e5347d01991e0ba5e4cb2b/kafepaxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--brneneskontor-landsforening-b0c.dk/userfiles/file/piribojidejunopiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/walemipifipifugaxomijawil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=read+german+children%27s+books+online+freePDF 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_off0000de47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f659.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF659 17480 bytes
SHA-256: a95a465972c2d23599d34cc1071c92580fd6583c71459ecb12fdd0204bdd9cb4
font_02_sfnt_off000123bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123BD 11136 bytes
SHA-256: d7600cb37701114685ab1d7c625b39baa96cc49df46336dc87ab7b8a3b3692a5