Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96164f204a8b7702…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:36:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: d35a9a9cba6cc43416993fef7f3ce989 SHA-1: 8119e5bfc03a6a61238efb4673a57a38f25feb4f SHA-256: 96164f204a8b770294a14865852ed6cc64db1edbe90d7234e93570b1358e5d71
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cell+during+interphase PDF link annotation
    • http://iweldbot.com/ckfinder/pho/files/52856940412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/julagaxafumazavimukotogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/64088784018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydchem.cn/filespath/files/20210730053218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67d032b36f64306505c7174149f4141b/89133181610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simbhaolipower.com/images/file/79265620379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad80ba2355---ritebawinej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d354f9cac7---neketiwokepon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/vikomabate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3488f8a1c5---kewugudemejawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e960190ba8---xuzulome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/34597095310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks-system.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83084490308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1976ahhs.com/clients/32223/File/mofepiferovonimuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8aee58c3d7416476873ca515db31996/kadewulinediwugirida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b838fde5c11---14174189655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/63443535388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dereformasenalicante.com/archivos/files/tafipudumodojixifipopoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/83337177304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khanaphatgroup.com/UserFiles/file/winegajimuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15fa9444fcc61c1427457a074789a86b/43163608200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c90999753829e5ac24360b9eca1d17d8/12644727931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kamupuxumogawixezaguki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/ninaji.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_off0000bac2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAC2 10684 bytes
SHA-256: f66dc63dcba862bfcd99f83e60233a1123d1c8a0c96e857db8ad1b07e135fc8c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2F0 15640 bytes
SHA-256: 9118275801319a483bdb6ceaae051160949f6130fc12bbd93b6fe95fe6281035
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1