Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95f9865523a50461…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:58:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f4d2eae8b6999ee79b5192bce4ff8719 SHA-1: bdb2fd483b1a764e1366bb356a6208e8f88afa2b SHA-256: 95f9865523a504612a4aa5cf55d57324f16e3c0f83007ccb2d0c35a081816032
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/96146038427.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ndc-group.ru/uploads/files/42951529668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livredart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gufafizupudedonowiramapiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsxr.hu/userfiles/file/70000265079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/jasiluluvow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150006.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210904235908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinacafe-dalat.com/Images_upload/files/21585461906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nyirfa.hu/uploads/files/pinozilekam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icbacademy.com/upload/files/wibovupasijunokuwotuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c2ee2c7284b94c0c7870b5169fd1cb8/79368844700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardarnoldalumni.com/clients/a/ad/ad1dcfa6f69ac51e3fe6bec18f6cf6d6/File/lakox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2dd77e129d---rukivopadaxujatupobuxejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lemanssrl.it/file/96145095345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasikampung.info/contents//files/95830243258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94270459975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53c569930de7fc1edf66717f05247581/nigovizulefunevejuvurosoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-noah.com/uploadfile/file/500321943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-delighted.com/user_img/files/38950514874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee4c21224b3e432676f3aa5688e2d585/gusivopubawepiduwofuvizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b33dd94ef3e78dc70462c681f6cfd72/tamopojurupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-25/20210725094452409120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26c8c80cd4fcd39785c6c7e77afd9f8f/11934181871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/8925849646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=time+worksheets+five+minute+intervalsPDF 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_off0000d90d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD90D 10784 bytes
SHA-256: cebf3808e5bd5048d8e3a3bb7b36fe5b22755d5cd4a0e0e74865214c151ce4dd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1CD 17484 bytes
SHA-256: 6f61288ed51ad1639d18c128290106beb0e47d7bbef7a4ab102a5e0dbe7f5bda
font_02_sfnt_off00011eec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EEC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1