Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96bb138a6aea9942…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 09:10:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9818b78c63432183cc1808166ed22df4 SHA-1: 3359ae8843371941bfc7b61c62b02d9d96476654 SHA-256: 96bb138a6aea9942c6493decab6be6e57c636fc664126f54805dca2802ea7ea6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings suggest it's designed to trick users into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/nimimesixamogikelulofe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://twtqedu.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/dafimizelabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tucsokszekszard.hu/images/news/file/76437476363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roxijorosulozojununof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donauwell.at/userfiles/file/4748359086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139191402895---73427585892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jbcf89gk45qk1nioai0ea494b1/zapifozarug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0t9odbrganf5lmj149756hbgr6srf3d1/35831936658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rudolphalexander.com/uploads/files/nilul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/41847694246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f753e6ff0---42481488609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131572522c70---32781031290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapaconoticias.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/dajiwilafebunivegata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/4050694018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buren-kompanie.de/userfiles/files/98488106276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fli.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49064944564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anoh.net/pds/userfiles/files/21688982681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/dakisitirugega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f4d8351bee---85080831252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139a31095c12---jexesagowomimozoxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportservistocik.cz/UserFiles/File/gomijote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgestone-ice-cruiser-7000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisijakozosamujife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xagugamenuzewolufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/vizizoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=derivative+rules+with+examplesPDF 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_off0000b250.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB250 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 0895198993e23da2d527441eb1b7176d0202e06e87d986a00fa52ea1afc2951f
font_01_sfnt_off0000caca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCACA 14432 bytes
SHA-256: 540bb6a839a7a3c0787025756f61cf976658379d1dc9052c46161942d275f72b
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1