Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96b30159c7d0c771…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 16:59:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e0b73bcba91f2196aa63d08bacf61661 SHA-1: 44984d675f935c30029f305a868c768e5d82b6b1 SHA-256: 96b30159c7d0c771aaa48c71bec35d0eb6eed7f06a175ded0815dc77841b0c74
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, including those hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, strongly suggests a malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support this, indicating the PDF is likely a phishing lure or a downloader for further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=angry+birds+apk+hack PDF link annotation
    • https://inijariku.ugdherbal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72230892033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soenen-pneus.com/upload/file/61896098275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astdubai.co/userfiles/files/68148353607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161323a6b949b2---kanixagovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maffart-guy.com/userfiles/file/fasiwevazesaxidekikona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merlegdoktor.hu/tmp/21676332474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giteduguedesboires.com/userfiles/file/xifewebelalopotawizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9188684fbdfc9d8f107d19e7a9d5dd3b/29772364668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatsah.com/webroot/img/files/47370272662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladekoservis.ru/files/fasoragapebum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpidia2.com/contents/files/liwupesawakelozutefab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3716837c7---31033338801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thecuriosityshot.com/77573367596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoklej.pl/app/webroot/media/files/72676329609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/990988518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/78868324557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tristar-technology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kegijutonobizul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sudeoksa.com/userfiles/file/20210905093454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sten.kr/club/data/userfiles/file/20210907175716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconfam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lugizagujaropekiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahmayerlawoffices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/32816695576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bccphil.paramedix.biz/uploadfiles/file/22768467788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogwarts.ru/sites/default/files/file/vaborikawifufujubutosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdbelektrotechniek.nl/uploads/file/40891997847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/95269041951.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_off0000e2f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB0E 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 3b3b341f58c1330da6002240e48c3cd212dbdb944742be8ae9f99484f34f7ab0
font_02_sfnt_off00011334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11334 20436 bytes
SHA-256: 888cce64d15a914c6ed2ad9bc7abf8c757cc84daac3525e36db48f9a16d24884