Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96c4753ec6bb1efc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-15 14:11:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 68aa0199e7d974c140153c8bf0dc4e55 SHA-1: 858d5dabe87360b3d1c2228f2d8d20e5ca908eb8 SHA-256: 96c4753ec6bb1efc4a2fd6e9ce57371bbd4fbc8f4eab5f5ed37f591e00ea7bbc
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 payloads or initiating phishing attacks. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination of malicious redirects. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://avtokit116.ru/!upload/files/27592992285.pdf
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/79404663973.pdf
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/57347698099.pdf
    • http://naszymsladem.pl/upload/file/37071055063.pdf
    • https://bettyloupaints.com/userfiles/files/detutako.pdf
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/441e36cf5468fe9562bcfeced41abb5a/79849311428.pdf
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2103ca045b652d511c59326eb9b14025/fevajenuxa.pdf
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72699191021.pdf
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3455930f4d5d9ba4c48fa7bcb02b7f40/novozedafekibom.pdf
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/farewebazugulatumiv.pdf
    • https://topjobsnepal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22160108009.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82b99bcb866df3b59b54b1388c39c751/39204413864.pdf
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c91a5b63c8---pugobewozibixukemewadi.pdf
    • http://dxqzx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210714_072309.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db43ff1bc6c---65558732216.pdf
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8641ce149a---jafisuvusafen.pdf
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/60562872966.pdf
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51d4fe5d4124c37a42c8519faecdb543/84723949646.pdf
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/424e8cd6f6657befcbbeccaad989c7fb/64206546138.pdf
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d74bj5pfhm7bvrg00hoi496fo9/49558034468.pdf
    • http://mastera-mix.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/forexejara.pdf
    • http://brno-skoleniridicu.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50656194685.pdf
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f77881a46a---bamufekilumerano.pdf
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a597ba44baa---losufidenakezu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+rejected+cornerstone
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f141.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF141 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010958.bin
451da7887fe40dfc7390d317645e060c88c80038e8994ae6928866bfa438bec2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10958 10260 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012069.bin
30082ec71b1df0a92276d1fdb28254b81782ab42a66ab8121c852fc88ef6cdab
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12069 16772 bytes