Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96df8561b30a3706…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 10:04:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e4626045098e9a0ccb506f8bacec0174 SHA-1: 29211f4fe4bb23eacf330e6a210dc61760d5997c SHA-256: 96df8561b30a3706c9cab741ac0adbdc991dcf860661ed8284002f8066229322
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, which is a common tactic for distributing malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an intent to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=code+minty+axe PDF link annotation
    • https://lionkingbali.com/uploads/file/51626282620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rimsball.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kaxewipinunibonejani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hueide.com/upload/files/lidipop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/fewolizukowomozimaded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stka.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fobej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profstil.az/userfiles/file/losujupinaximi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8410b79f6f0948fdc3076f4fd46e93da/febofuwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161377b8af17eb---meviburixogawot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibra-optica.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gogivize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144222d7a5c6---janoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromp.it/userfiles/files/34455658621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eobliecky.sk/userfiles/file/zutetizefivepedadejoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4qi3s6og1b20jspd2a5ntjomb/bawiteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisne.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12488298404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingmingtai.com/filespath/files/20210918103322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355e62de758---gojuzerak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjeverspeed.com/userfiles/file/nunovoserikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132aa0ee25b6---65137265138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduoconline.com/userfiles/image/file/zunofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felicitareonline.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94755123885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/55058058136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/89224129157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpataljaturizmus.hu/upload/vuruzigafamolonekupaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsap.com/file_media/file_image/file/61347904697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuonghieutoancau.vn/uploads/files/posimotutotewawaniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvitraders.com/files/wukujotegulezub.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_off0000ce0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE0E 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 2033a01d13055e1f561c3be8bd515f5262e755a4f4a906ad800b5b60b2aae677
font_01_sfnt_off0000e564.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE564 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 6c254226e4921511ef2a7ca99f07f559b25b5a1096f0d417802fc1a356fe332a
font_02_sfnt_off00011246.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11246 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1