Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96441ece8a7cfe1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 05:58:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1ec62bc8048dea9f8ae7d621f1784ba5 SHA-1: 6f8dfeb337899386a1a6d44f5f6a0e90460f1e69 SHA-256: 96441ece8a7cfe1fbcbf8f3b16f5b49d2ffd46598997188eb790b7311a5d10b7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and link farms pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=20+second+timer
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2cd4b0c73a8c6d17a8e76de4cbaec85/68738482959.pdf
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5b4e01559e---35030813143.pdf
    • http://beautybybelief.com/admin/images/file/20743235045.pdf
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f66a86348b---19513194364.pdf
    • https://aparcaderoshaddaichile.cl/uploads/images/files/29507645265.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7c191c19c1---65808443482.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqtsr1j6noihudn3fherjrrbv6/tilonolodimo.pdf
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/5220766380.pdf
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/kinunujabubeboxomup.pdf
    • http://movementlab.dk/userfiles/file/gobuzawenixigewipudijol.pdf
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d537964e12b0161e244138ac8be8af7d/wejoronimesidigitigizekuw.pdf
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9506d0ca3faea41b5c91c274b6e0c1c0/resagezoxujurowuvuxa.pdf
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mkc5ue29fqttvrvqaurlupnt4t/32932750564.pdf
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/13215925530.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949fd6f0a83---sisibexudabijuv.pdf
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5463cb2e8e---1456793852.pdf
    • http://prmakeup.com/Image/files/37194823719.pdf
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f03cd9b1c---74997964392.pdf
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de33a899b62---75286784518.pdf
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/xijofowubu.pdf
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607255e73cc55---46864932608.pdf
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89d7765b51---44217267617.pdf
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/bugepudofegutixufusizidu.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_off0000f269.bin
97c37fed360fbebf59cc91281cd5e6ce847409ffa0ad63e284855198d32c078e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF269 10468 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a32.bin
73b6917d548eeb3729b04ad2119d334cea069f0fb1bf43d8bc5807b9a51c96e3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A32 17496 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000137d2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137D2 16792 bytes