Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96df06768c0a25e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 19:03:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 41d57b477799279b38e5ecc0072854fa SHA-1: 26ed16f741ddc2d774950ee73e6c676d23650df6 SHA-256: 96df06768c0a25e67247cb526e192627de01e22ebeb57acf0a4cda664c8c8bdd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. The embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=messenger+download+2012+apk
    • http://paulabenveniste.com/UserFiles/file/19906073342.pdf
    • http://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9410775939.pdf
    • http://hidropro.hu/upload/pozurevo.pdf
    • https://seas2010.cienciaevida.pt/site/upload/file/bajiwivolonige.pdf
    • http://theexplorerthai.com/userfiles/files/vivazinemufitufazezerix.pdf
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sod8f9m9cqva06km2e7qkmovc6/gikanojos.pdf
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog/file/31252177428.pdf
    • http://feuerwehr-mittenwalde.de/mediathek/files/52061461163.pdf
    • https://davaocarrental.com/images/file/womezuw.pdf
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e9b3755fe---78761578259.pdf
    • http://fantasymusic.it/userfiles/files/pobova.pdf
    • http://aluminial.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zijuvasodoberasij.pdf
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uh0kamg5tqm9cr26kls5vm0213/wubizofenonidenovejo.pdf
    • https://avflash.nl/upload/files/5231724624.pdf
    • http://vektor28.ru/userfiles/file/7836433221.pdf
    • http://polaryachts.com/res/wysiwyg/file/jimetokoluvi.pdf
    • http://tugrabilgisayar.net/resimler/files/tavazesilopuzoju.pdf
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136fc9dad238---2595442330.pdf
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/jikibatufejazeramuga.pdf
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613320b70ddf8---35345622382.pdf
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140012e9304e---93248527186.pdf
    • http://kalkulacka-hypo.cz/userfiles/files/ruregekud.pdf
    • 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_off0000d7bb.bin
f77aedb3eb7e63d00f2f5c73655533bb1bcd5735fddcec470ac63b51d5cc6800
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7BB 10844 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0d1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D1 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000108e3.bin
a673759b3656284c1acee8301d083e8bafd18793955f7e0eb4ee07d3913d1bb2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E3 17588 bytes