Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96bbc07bdbe50062…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:58:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 94ce593c4e40dd4461459868ebdd140a SHA-1: e079d47638109c784bbe7a4b9da11b5ae3e7124c SHA-256: 96bbc07bdbe50062f8c257e2c8f8cb141045fae78096b336bbe6dfa7db2e1526
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, reinforcing the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cutepdf+writer+with+ghostscript+converter PDF link annotation
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/kaligagibetomijabamu.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lq8hc1mdmsfchn3i8h7c1k3o37/zawoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongchangkj.com/uploadfile/file///2021081717164758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/39061885761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5eac061e55f63b36d038e9d60122af6/68104058222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c09bf309a---webawas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d369rm8sghgac3fse9mlit3ov0/nadepovab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16129370242f4d---91921160923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__6130B2444B3F4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123d7d82617b---75895096708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0898.com/userfiles/file/20210811150413_pr2si5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/kimutagamazasilego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32teq05b0ngocccq6qqv9j1sg7/43583706214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaziemirkentkonseyi.com/upload/files/95225883609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/448888c6810d1b69f5e64f468ccde5fc/fudox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majbrno.cz/uploads/files/sazefemoride.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerdynamic.com/clients/3/3d/3d9dba0a3645e5854abf1db7654b9c86/File/45208522464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ximatinhdongnai.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/12216829831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609476fc18fb6---32484697686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofahatinh.com/upload/files/rojirurelasonimifuliju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentimresiklos.hu/upload/file/68503118610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/68274162362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4be16ee2102c0989318b8ba4f675ce58/jodufolijolano.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_off0000eeb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEB2 19044 bytes
SHA-256: 8af059090e96d79bdee1d0ca23d49b7e950f4ecc74afa3dee875ab3f2bcd9644
font_01_sfnt_off000120c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120C9 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 53c955cb10c7318c6c452d1f89f15d69f6af8392a4375405510eb93a98c2e08f
font_02_sfnt_off00013a18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1