Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96dfaddb584eaace…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 03:06:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d518252e9ea968efd585f3a6b9b4f863 SHA-1: bd3a0b8b202851c63a3c167cc9d5ebb554a67948 SHA-256: 96dfaddb584eaaced11812b748febe9bb5322b5d9e85b09d9aaa5fdec52f2c59
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which are associated with link farms and compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+port+custom+rom
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/dubepizuferafozo.pdf
    • http://sgrappresentanze.eu/userfiles/files/6661379291.pdf
    • http://jshanwoo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50222692397.pdf
    • https://postelezmasivu-zlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/retekog.pdf
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/libumixevikuvefosonizado.pdf
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/lubenotajitalutibis.pdf
    • https://tapetcenter.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/86515078421.pdf
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0pb97h857ch54dj19c8mhbd47l/bolupevevakup.pdf
    • https://toocapen.com/files/62236857685.pdf
    • https://www.oalysa.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46659839685.pdf
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c10d5bcd7d1e828a3adf01ae08bedeb/xerofemusodi.pdf
    • http://colegiosantarosa.com/uploads/imagem/file/jegumovila.pdf
    • http://lev-steklo.ru/userfiles/file/66174885816.pdf
    • http://didopack.com/files/61451068700.pdf
    • http://www.smpnuenen.nl/images/files/2745029746.pdf
    • http://aedjtjdshbf.pretty-match.com/upload/files/13408320456.pdf
    • https://basealimentare.it/webroot/files/fck_uploads/File/90991820422.pdf
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/52123409249.pdf
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36e4bbc3a4c33675391865d72b357890/nariro.pdf
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/94706996517.pdf
    • http://westernmaki.com/uploads/files/jarak.pdf
    • http://samnakthodrahassob.com/userfiles/file/xavupupagofef.pdf
    • https://lideregitimpaketleri.com/calisma2/files/uploads/72952948552.pdf
    • http://www.sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pirorutamamugebatonolug.pdf
    • http://shanghaiqingchen.com/upload/files/56029637930.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_off0000b80e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB80E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d020.bin
4c3b341b9d0bc67b91423106fa04d7bbacbe809159f4a30f6e3188397fd6def4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD020 15752 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7ef.bin
fba5fa8e8288ec3a88b8cc13e919815d437d22bc52a97df621c138dec3410eed
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7EF 10176 bytes