Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96c5616dbef81168…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-22 12:50:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3448070f6666db275a8533662517ade6 SHA-1: 6d0baeeafed332b15d92068610bf68b468dd3494 SHA-256: 96c5616dbef81168f66d3bd064d8a180fa1907c05b9d6649dcc9712dbb8bd8ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=comparative+and+superlative+adverbs+exercises+pdf
    • http://hefei.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopuxuzid.pdf
    • http://nhatrangpalace.net/app/webroot/upload/files/seruwiduxunoz.pdf
    • http://vngo-cc.vn/cooker/public/files/99365907818.pdf
    • https://iieng.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45567891620.pdf
    • https://rh4-h1tapi-turbo.com/contents/files/jopibuzewetaxagoperipe.pdf
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e950bbee9---98488870038.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/wifawoxetora.pdf
    • https://wic-net.com/userfiles/file/25943324737.pdf
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rofaba.pdf
    • http://starfishdowney.com/uploads/files/43759120207.pdf
    • http://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/files/bumavujuganenofujuriko.pdf
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614acdc80da01---22280992863.pdf
    • https://penzionradvanice.cz/res/file/bomakapavokedatagajidot.pdf
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136cc9e7c8c6---givozexubumozuvas.pdf
    • http://markfarolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/xetejuvibikimi.pdf
    • http://topbondtape.com/uploadss/file/46847570028.pdf
    • http://iberryhomemade.com/userfiles/files/pepubitani.pdf
    • https://ebal.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/valugenadunixexedenogube.pdf
    • http://tcyy88.com/userfiles/file/2021090201010273499.pdf
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/3269231780.pdf
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/37984193760.pdf
    • https://www.antoniopopolizio.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96922266074.pdf
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131975e1bf23---mujevujoroderok.pdf
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161427f0624ef5---65294746229.pdf
    • 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_off0000bccc.bin
7f2b89b39c1cdcf2940a33e6beea3b83cf4e755704b2559855182967066d9888
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCCC 16340 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6dc.bin
39d0811d70d65abf6c55c27e5f1375c120d98cc01222956f7103493c6eeedd9c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6DC 11220 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000100fb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100FB 16792 bytes