Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96392e4ce7857f5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-08-25 13:37:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 339794e9ed9a7d701e5cc15538c0a6c7 SHA-1: 9c3fe74943a5d7f8c4c7d8330a861864a2e055c0 SHA-256: 96392e4ce7857f5d974d02af8e15e8a353f44b8e2433d9b99e29cf53ee9055fc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/186849209860ab346400df8.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985fda10a9a---desobuzirib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985635045e3---6375919169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7r80uanp4jmpjtqp8u105t2ba0/lurexusegasumelokuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0088a3ba07---35391385342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/398f82343730f7449723a4881fc888a3/bumisajur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9588f2945c---57569103431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fa8009efd---vugokiladeranufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orvosvalaszto.hu/uploads/files/pisitukeluzepufupewopuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkxhjfc.ltd/uploads/files/20210806022442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hocaukhudothithanhphogiaoluu.com/asset/site/files/bebumib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/jisuviwasisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuongsen.com/img-chamthi/files/lijofibutofuzewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centroolosprato.it/userfiles/files/22649333415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rocksoliddesigns.biz/userfiles/file/mowavaduwabukarabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/023ddb60c745c035e13b29318dd21b22/posimonodeziwapini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/bavewowubodevesot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/pobokedisutolujovawaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2a36001270---32235371140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadclassof1991.com/clients/c/cc/cc689d7a74a098ef67b43942063c7ff9/File/53677345832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sma-dfgg.org/site/admin/file/ravuterujilonezofopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/fogerukulabodimagevora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=function+of+the+style+of+a+flowerPDF 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_off0000db4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB4B 15604 bytes
SHA-256: 5f03c6e85162a8dafa85e666de8286de4b41a1007a39ec7e4e28dc5a5df81c93
font_01_sfnt_off00010359.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10359 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 7829ccbfb5c94d99e02404025d365ffd09c555492ad41ae780aeabf49ef85d69
font_02_sfnt_off00011bfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1