Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96360288d4e6e115…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.6 KB Created: 2021-08-14 19:47:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: a21b5c33df918424942ea1bba58a552a SHA-1: 70a931143112c8204c858cf85419f453d9e8e890 SHA-256: 96360288d4e6e1154cb1aa3703dfb4d37410def4f3b4d8d9e5ab0bf4df6b2411
156 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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://veterinariomauracotti.it/userfiles/files/xopir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71691174984dd6e8e2620671aea37005/puxomudakogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d44f667a0---49970308967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5cd6282c9---puxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/niwisowosajidirosupegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/85159615580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/94252813812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cbd1547dd6---darevizejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/jijajujigewavedurutenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dwitunggaljaya.com/sitefiles/file/23437354853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbzgogo.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/dafafupasafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notarbrazda.cz/userfiles/file/tijumavomagugasexukum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjeclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47033557594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/kalekogabixulusodidije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionebriciole.it/public/file/debazewikeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc7317326cf79a333b87914ef6387bcb/befibabekexamovixixitexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c360dbbb5---78787734781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af5a6ca5841---10991548830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcevent.com/clients/871459/File/95111664919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/78688931860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef8221822d---97640152738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/zutewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopassarotti.it/userfiles/files/rivebezuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkindenetim.com/resimler/files/84114197601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26ad898a69af2dc3991b0d67f864d33a/rikud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=simple+kinetic+molecular+model+of+matter+worksheetPDF 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_off00012062.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12062 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 06b51ff59bacaca0e683b8fd3022cd4dbc6d8d72df45e6327c1cf5593563684a
font_01_sfnt_off00013a88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A88 18200 bytes
SHA-256: 8e9927026e35052e9334a7ecf670837af5ed6b5190fba66b8d4a57e7b63deda8
font_02_sfnt_off00016b15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B15 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1