Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96c93177337cb985…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 00:57:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4232f6c1ea14472f35326ef1711d6af0 SHA-1: f3dc875eaad5732dbbd26cf87e3f6636d08c6c9b SHA-256: 96c93177337cb985f792dc209f2d28c3c88b31d614f842a7a406dd6d3c09925b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads. The presence of multiple unknown URLs suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aae5f8aded---razokuwosumabip.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://slbreakingnews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79572693348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwalabamaave.com/uploads/files/97602805192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613294087a46b---29040534291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e52a907cdfb---zugezisagoluzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/putiwogujoxipixunakutavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38b9cb98011ffe45a5926ad8f444450d/wubalolubiseda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210511175709021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089cef86661a---79905151655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmms-online.com/assets/file/wakojajumivafiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/wysiwygfiles/file/75680086959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jsms24jvhdfgbba25on8cs09c1/peguta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ystechpro.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/toxewusosibuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativenursery.net/home/creative/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52589127555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xosobacninh.vn/webroot/img/files/76421252091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pickup-ws.com/userfiles/files/81455060975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd80875d43---gipulusejatezuzoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc3045de666---vifedenuniziwekose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifeteacher.tw/uploads//files/202108100604216724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccfdd0a49aa---88781005720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed4f77cc63---pajabetepebujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/818428017c1d0d0dc47371f63c36b348/duzegadelilotopofuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c23fdb131d7---10763562185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.id/userfiles/file/lusakezabileg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=oral+reading+fluency+assessment+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_off0000c083.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC083 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 6a68655e6ec28e69e6ba230b8c8768aeb454930eb1a83426ab797a3e233c982c
font_01_sfnt_off0000da31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f243.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF243 17200 bytes
SHA-256: 16c74db7588d532bb92834fe1300db546aeda0fdeebe6510f2b1932e194fb061