Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96b2fb4b1697ad90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 16:02:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 766124f09e583728af72ed82b05d7a67 SHA-1: 2e392f170c541e643bf97eee3355618ca8ca9565 SHA-256: 96b2fb4b1697ad902f116bf18fd81587f59a091574f48d42fccd6e14a7a551e8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It includes numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=justice+league+2021+online+watch PDF link annotation
    • https://www.indoorclub-informa.com/boletines/img/file/velaseligokinobusoraneku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/duzarimepaxipebiwipus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gujaratisamajparis.org/upload/files/49822954725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nefilipupakijanifosedipuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/825gbt1ma5kvn4vc3go8efhv1v/14411217725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/44644262054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungvrvklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/pogilujopezebenuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iranjobex.com/cache/fck_files/file/bidimujatiwuxadakapawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czyxchem.com/upload/files/70341725535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ebf88f3044---17124876451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lozavotetubeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/77169276188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/rasumokubutelovuzilimavin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f4408239f---buzibenixajezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.waetsukai.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55616911395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatagz.com/uploadfile/files/wimibomadugixodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autohausnschmidt.de/userfiles/file/sijuxuzuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szerecsengyogyszertar.hu/editor_up/kaxezexowemititu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134cfd961a81---85283866679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613221b5437f7---fozegajobezomizirofom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161449b3cbdc29---88619311750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolapezzano.it/userfiles/files/39390947726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tratedu.net/ssss2018/assets/143ad273/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/userfiles/files/592d69e308f750968575105658468cbe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modero.vn/upload/files/94022192480.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_off0000bac4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAC4 10880 bytes
SHA-256: f3afa0ad02b42709fdeb25e93e963ecfd8ac98fe9504ff60da4e715bf10933a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000d41a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD41A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC2C 15524 bytes
SHA-256: bac06c1e0caf8ec3d73c6e425815d95b8de4da22f3adebcedd5a9a177a6eb050