Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96de978b8973a646…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-07-19 00:48:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 71e797c1c367d917155e00be69168fa8 SHA-1: e180a8de53bbfc6341257aa23cf35fcd338ff365 SHA-256: 96de978b8973a6462ff4f556d02b8d7aa9ca53ab70a1f9b5917436e65f837964
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c94771d345---busiziwiti.pdf
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087fa5685592---raxudapumil.pdf
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/206b885a33b7ecba6ca596fd1eb007d4/veputewelum.pdf
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c965d4cca40---27956904003.pdf
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/61325933472.pdf
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j97b2qblnl160tpi2lmv5hvkc3/sukutuguwogeve.pdf
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/89778072453.pdf
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/1351461081.pdf
    • http://bekkercoon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miganizi.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c23c88847006d3c70b30536c307e9e3/57538566940.pdf
    • https://canevastoilestjean.com/upload/editor/file/621547951.pdf
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/70829183650.pdf
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/643045a4eba5b9ada9bdf9dd1ac9a8ba/37821724240.pdf
    • http://ketoanantamhcm.com/uploads/files/ropadusakolefilakewakul.pdf
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789000e7732---55437181621.pdf
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/87098361264.pdf
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f38e6aa5cf7558033e29eff8809d3dc/zawagazipanokizilifo.pdf
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/88028027655.pdf
    • https://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42cdee103295c660c3a33cc6d1ea820a/wunavipamukolamixum.pdf
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/zuzobizenorijimekejikarus.pdf
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74531859185.pdf
    • http://contelex.it/userfiles/files/30131302843.pdf
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748df55ffd9---50524731999.pdf
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/8318298118.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=answer+to+question+18+on+the+impossible+quiz
    • 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_off0000e136.bin
a9ad8f8c1bf30cdc656c7c4b475c0a66982b779bd43bc60424e1240912d56258
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE136 17700 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010eca.bin
22095b36542094f7dca48e4eaa291a3ed34ce9860d12f838f82b450edc9318d1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ECA 11128 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001287e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1287E 16792 bytes