Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96dea31c3f72910c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-08-29 23:55:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: c5c28cd8d608f576c5445870285599d7 SHA-1: 86181b8552f0651953b2b8b69e5eb65ee1b71945 SHA-256: 96dea31c3f72910cfbc334cab0aa0c7c6d509bc7ca9a882d98f619e546b44a88
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25565242041.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b0c0b1115---64240902510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9atsudiln31frjgkcdnolobvp3/koxamufixodawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbfe10959f---13886495649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/dobevizuwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9585e586e---75603198193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/opr5cbda10nmcjb3bki4nsd49n/51368451499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boschvietnam.com/files/usersfiles/files/faxaximosapasifojapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitcostruttori.it/userfiles/files/27338000792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cuig5visq2a2m7624hl3cr6oud/63730930726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunrui-ti.com/d/files/ziraxiwirid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/jafawotilajonedolewutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsaovang.com/uploads/userfiles/file/50321272299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/9278956716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c041e93a5cf---kirupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/xikuganenexuwajobujedas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4hmpaaqeuckqr3q9a9rrirdjm/44420505307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c3578bb67a---94947761763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609a6aebefb93---26194152341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnspkjx.com/d/files/jeduva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cfcaf96b7eac8529e512bba3cd1df90/93808980907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78a3ff895716e650232807bdd098acd6/52369025364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c404800ef4b---pusovinibuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/jivirewosiboguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+write+a+tender+proposal+sample+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_off0000db9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB9D 16044 bytes
SHA-256: 88f81b28573f3a2cea773e5a58ca20ea5e43e2c82b8028cf3e48c90fece978be
font_01_sfnt_off000104e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E7 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 62e742692b92b55453d3c4463abc7f03e00b1c52db19f9aa8e1e98357d7bf606
font_02_sfnt_off00011d8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1