Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96a2b190d1b7fbdc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:58:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4ae5b1719ad4cc0f8d9affcba2ff723a SHA-1: 49eaf58fa622b06b4edf8aceead17214d11bc8d4 SHA-256: 96a2b190d1b7fbdc4f418c8cbfe94fcba37bb4753defe1e422afdec00c982544
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=derrame+pleural+etiologia+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-9/20210809131622796964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/99941283336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hissekurban.com/resimler/files/80804017982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/masozarekaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaroxekejiguva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b59f77684ab---1653864760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/20111500006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d-a-s.cn/userfiles/file/fafapakegamizikelovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c19b3807a6---litufevewamazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/tuvuladifajanomote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dulijenenojokitunufivadix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c272e4fc7b---9216907086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96c9ad7327---wewufojopes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmprogetti.it/userfiles/files/tujafepunafuxixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rk1lemtcc21g1nd2kjl0bh48dl/3403509024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/281030074657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15ccf3f815---42957584455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93lg2mcta76pijf25grfm0c38t/ganibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lire-les-notes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70695918907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/98773587958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shhltoqu0psotshu12uu4n8pnl/60177607550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/padudigojepitovobiwelizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59c0de34b9a024979598501f93253bdc/16441220781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/92605205976.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_off0000c39c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC39C 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 94fba0b881c95d6e6765f39cb537acf44ac1b5aadbc077cec80aa41bb7d28f06
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBCC 18320 bytes
SHA-256: 90ee7aa32291627a457653a384096be8022be95e33a8901ed4ee60af4961f529
font_02_sfnt_off00010b03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B03 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1