Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96af71881f2e6f1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:36:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ddca809932ef210379481fa09dc5e24c SHA-1: 44327775da78afce20941c6fb332155975306c87 SHA-256: 96af71881f2e6f1b49c227fb505126cffbdff0284e9a39eb6b572e34ac829f89
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or exploit vulnerabilities. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature, likely aimed at phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://triosms.com/userfiles/file/22666453385.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/pibesugevaxufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aea57072735294b61eccfb432b5d8a4/sosegifodizefabefusojor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74c6d59ede7a25a05c7e69db6d36ed53/zilamujoben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalboncostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/17967500811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alquimia.in/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/25436127810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/67426593987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/17195114664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af4709ce9b---23022897523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2-140-swe8h.xn--p1ai/files/45628092756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/xigidanezimapomajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuryakyn.ru/userfiles/file/16145031291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pactforfamilies.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xarujurew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/56364769537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4a38d94b79---risavumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adbb6005e7e---lemapamomoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.net/uploads/files/merogifozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldarim.ir/basefile/hoteldarimir/files/goboxusetoged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdanhaudio.com/luutru/files/sekikokulasubekugofel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f70d6cf837698ce241c483193f93cc09/76721839545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaandtiarasottawa.com/clients/e/e8/e8f54e69a7463df9fd0adff13cd8e90f/File/65502860357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directorvincentchow.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/tewogawobejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=nielsen+usability+pdfPDF 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_off0000b500.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB500 16268 bytes
SHA-256: f8270d2b2c80bf788ab48c36b3e1651178d40fb9669d2927dd289a4286e0316a
font_01_sfnt_off0000dedb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEDB 10604 bytes
SHA-256: ceb5b25d0ca4efba37d8253b6c676b6ee34f0946f48b837ca141e36777bad499
font_02_sfnt_off0000f707.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF707 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1