Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96ccf21a5908e5f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:49:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fb77f50215346bd53d2823b138607c0f SHA-1: a818795c2867d57d0742f1200e28232f466211f5 SHA-256: 96ccf21a5908e5f137b7019c52b9ff5878f5f7033b076f807499d828327e52c4
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and a clickable action that redirects to a malicious URL. The sample contains numerous links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=romanus+pontifex+1455+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://kamarkosong.com/contents//files/10905446864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8alt02rk022bhg7sc09d4har5/luzemujimofejizoxujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b01bde86262---litebulonuliduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d46337062---22439709266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vtrn9gpohthmuo8jl7q1hrndd/38957176199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyearland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ralipax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/suguwawazafub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skpizzasubs.com/uploads/files/40654052544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d373ec2a19---bikivusete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eventoptik.de/upload/files/ridig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/zisufefos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6794a18ce678c193e817f0276bf7e471/69789136556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/dapojumorodijajukufujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608849196661b---6877679943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lifipediremufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hichipper.com/hichipper/uploadfile/file/2021083112480573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/10106403458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085731ed0774---dotonoxinalusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshanwoo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jizoreguxebuxunuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608165233c32a---katani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://museos.comarcadelasierradealbarracin.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wapexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ultralloy.net/upload/files/fokukifetugejo.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_off0000b1d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1D9 14124 bytes
SHA-256: 26e8cd38ec6998141c4f9fa2020de8206a017ee730274aaa21d18ac97655af1c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d489.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD489 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eca0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA0 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 6a92e52701e683e2d1b9d3c4da6bb47a60893b370bf7a7a83395984f5a5bfb19