Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96c6e8590cf274e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:28:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: cfb5b17a5f8c62c392ece7eee3aa9b73 SHA-1: 22a89bdb31955aed6e0c76fffab48c2ecf613ad4 SHA-256: 96c6e8590cf274e7437a91d343129244b7f734e7c7d24e5f2175234c7ca693f7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is identified as malicious by a ClamAV detection and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, likely to distribute further malware. The presence of a 'download button' lure reinforces the phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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 http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c8b614253---74832335114.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://radiosalsa.fr/php/rs/filesupload/file/49569663942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nslogisticservice.com/userfiles/files/nimepen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c075b49d5a4c253775b292053497d640/vosofuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b075621f9c---13976616571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banphimchuot.com/userfiles/file/xugimitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formel1vermietung.de/userfiles/file/kifawekinirap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodavidepini.it/userfiles/files/3262348821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizergranulators.com/d/files/8859874264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salondebellezaanamariaromero.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/56459576932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burfel.ru/upfiles/files/82442380377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grootformaatspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/wowifaloduziro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbnjl.com/userfiles/files/poxuwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guineaservicesproviders.com/gsp/files/18272089021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chamdure.com/DATA/files/riviriwojomabololani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longearedhounds.com/clients/65743/File/xidojun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fv8bc76jdq0ksqao36k4jjb3b0/dusobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiachristian.org/uploads/files/39042363874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angel-juicer.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210819_798CDFAEE6CCC45F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksusu.com/upload/files/begimojefibamipezizeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d6c5baeeb2---tisowapexiseze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prvugkh.ru/uploads/files/7394191978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84301306298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromp.it/userfiles/files/mezizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ixtvs.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/53949888899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=cbse+class+11+economics+syllabus+pdfPDF 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_off0000fcb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCB1 11020 bytes
SHA-256: cd05eaea6c45948d7416950c633b4144c8d7d13ac819876d79f3d42897b764aa
font_01_sfnt_off00011623.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11623 20084 bytes
SHA-256: 5aaa07d95525b2043a02065a133fca2fa1b58f09f09e1c34c50cc93494143c46
font_02_sfnt_off00014acf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14ACF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1