Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96697adbc6528397…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:53:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 03c04f7c0238b40ab627823b84f58961 SHA-1: bbdc107fb70ce1cb0aa14fc3e1119f5d267ca3ff SHA-256: 96697adbc6528397c3f4cb65dc09e7a7e206b10cce4735b1fee298ad7e9675a7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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://dfanchem.com/upload/files/25933912637.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/vepuxijurinuzeludapudux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.lu/userfiles/file/nugajejukamobutibog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilni-kadernictvi.cz/files/file/36831662303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5412ec45a7---73406751763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0683012f1---donizikewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9vde4i9cgqcr5b6i7nvbnrph33/69391131309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shosholoza.de/file/43666741297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rsvforum.com/userfiles/file/84190862750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/metazujunekivewevekew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokewaveanaheim.com/uploads/files/lujalazovoropuzegara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guitarenko.fr/img/files/54360826744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8iejrks36mla9r9tfv55kjd5vn/rabemugimatano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/bildbank/file/77279001205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/losezosalozop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eefb91e47a1991f382973f708ea769f7/vazurejibinavumapanopole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxqcgs.net/filespath/files/20210819001009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i7fobna544ufpolu37tout3r7v/24146965303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b079c5c21a5---55768320730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ea030107d---vekozetenitexitokan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609837efa0df8---67371112636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilltoplancers1975.com/clients/13753/File/87343830937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eda595662a78f73695915b3893afc39/lagidozex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=philips+tv+service+menu+code+manualPDF link annotation
    • http://www.cst.rnu.tn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73924147151.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_off0000e020.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE020 18468 bytes
SHA-256: ea2bcdc9d3c371062011c47931caed146110d243b5c0a3b93da1832b3e0cf096
font_01_sfnt_off0001103b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1103B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012852.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12852 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 42c259f0ccdc329e2b2c9f6a930368094266bf14ad0a90e84a90b1733b409814