Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96d6deb4060f4641…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 09:43:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4f6bb03e4c7c0e02c1426caff7c5623d SHA-1: fc831135c317fa5b7add374d4b0dbbb20e2a7c94 SHA-256: 96d6deb4060f464198f6582e07dc74b7b16a26e240ead414253efe7f2bc65da5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and ML classifiers indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pulled+groin+recovery PDF link annotation
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7406ca028edb9c2ac75d2e33dac52b70/61422460765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhferry.com/data/fckeditor/file///wipisilegikokufugogojobel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demircanticaret.com/userfiles/file/sexokukoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youandisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boropiraropalaselovofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/nozived.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b13bd308fde0b04b8834b7fdaee6341/80932079737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca539f258d---93772275368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/gakakeruraze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://florerialafloresta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/demuvizixobixunexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57397ac80d---faxebufozuludusupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091091a6c3c7---modijinisemagosukuwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ada086e03a9b284f9680a52a3e2f88ec/87536187300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amthanhanhsangchinhhang.vn/upload/files/pewexavufozazogox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e16a9bf93---bamukarofiluwazag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/42228152404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulrike-mayer.de/userfiles/files/lagaxumax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c310eb5b9bf---lanexudunuwagelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/devezevadana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcenevents.nl/site/upload/files/petijoterod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ho5m3ih5m8dqt8g106mi9evdof/pusobepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babywagen24.de/userfiles/file/jagajiwurojosuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildonhope.org/file/46227112351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/86851756546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghinelliarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/24924836885.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_off0000e4bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCCE 16120 bytes
SHA-256: 1555ac6b21302ff57265d069669c6001f11a9ba1786600db3f6890698bdceebd
font_02_sfnt_off0001263a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1263A 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 5a320e75b4e8b99e2b4c0c6a3fe1ecd86a355b6ebbee6edd3b3a4e25e9761a7e