Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96106baf5415f165…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 19:07:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0b06932a995f838947eed4eef2219c6b SHA-1: aac1d228dbc01991171f05186853570050d37809 SHA-256: 96106baf5415f16589d2469574b5dddbaab7c94c808b7e52afd64a74f1939310
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing analysis of its direct content, but the heuristic findings strongly suggest a malicious intent to redirect users to external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/27080195385.pdf
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fdce4e494d---mevijiban.pdf
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d4d852cd1---bidoxedomodi.pdf
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c777b124243---dodafujijazunak.pdf
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/939259774.pdf
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f5da6c014ed93cfb64b34524f087238/10459715503.pdf
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1cce44ef4c2c2088a25a6dbcb4515ac/25540496494.pdf
    • http://franklinbristerharveyfamily.com/clients/a/a8/a8910385c57dfddac3c6311e2bd1422e/File/37315590688.pdf
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e6ded6791ee8f9f08fe3a0e58de7f38/keburevufebolimajo.pdf
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/46916807574.pdf
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7210a074f2e886bbdcaa69e029cf8f9d/67971288186.pdf
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/65529511971.pdf
    • https://ekransamara.ru/files/ravufodusowikefuxonul.pdf
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7e196c8928a1881287044bcf1b48c6d/1167025820.pdf
    • http://nelly-design.ru/upload/files/44452970821.pdf
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9avq1ll760nupj2j2iqp9e2522/disajojesi.pdf
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/nopet.pdf
    • https://sieuthimayphat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58642525806.pdf
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/83169085089.pdf
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cfae178208---27635278657.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6f76c98634---82206203448.pdf
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad998f34d660ad740601ff9267de8f24/nosipupejox.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=ny+giants+trivia+questions+and+answers
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1ea8a915a34e15bcae99200e6219d8f/rujidakukulexopopu.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e55b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE55B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd72.bin
3bbc415bf09e8f999d260dddad20ecad287dba02826ec27d00247e57b660d377
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD72 10868 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011646.bin
cfd3c8c304c74686f886310f9e831d6e9c1f84afa0bc68e02341d2f341dd1d7d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11646 17700 bytes