Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96450b61d521139b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-08-28 11:54:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 841051197fef31204c7fbab425779977 SHA-1: ca2423c1df5da6fce7ba38c4bcd4f94d48bc5d9c SHA-256: 96450b61d521139bcccc09913db8f5859f91910106a808ef22bcab355b9eb37a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms points towards an effort to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://x-software.cz/data/file/tutumimizujimufunud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cmi2byac9cdhd0hra6d7bxkwbgj1gch.com/user_img/files/24024415179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urotunisia.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/radawigara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/batovufolekodubir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chonburi33.com/userfiles/file/3516719452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warungmimpishio.com/contents//files/zanejedafudesoxogowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c042784c497---momikaronotewejux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sivam.pl/files/file/53215736539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/1739039420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082305e5c54b---27999580360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slanfusa.org/clients/47225/File/rokukuladizezofomarujik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/welipikejigevomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120cbaf3b5c1---9379081030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptap.net/userfiles/file/39855046844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7788544f8---42963482600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfa8b57ec2fff5a460f0a3145be3933a/35784224241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/najewagupevamanapaxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/25818306168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e46b1950bc9ea40400c1ba1fe74faa97/33726003142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161182db375841---lezowojuwetapetotopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/donofulokumijufiradu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/41573528119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uci.ir/userfiles/file/66816957816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90ba9712a57a381976d18adc438f0b5c/78035705421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=controller+and+auditor+general+of+indiaPDF 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_off0000d798.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD798 17416 bytes
SHA-256: d8e947390e6de890991a2ea256a2b64fc6f43dfa52783f395315427d3b1af979
font_01_sfnt_off000104b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104B9 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 8ad2b74a10622972466374a0b5284d11611802f11ab768d15d0519ae8161f76d
font_02_sfnt_off00011c7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C7A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1