Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96e362ff27072378…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 18:10:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 922d2a9f55e1165117e3da898fea403c SHA-1: 37f88f0cf6b3f42c2753c5498a8103cdc3ae2391 SHA-256: 96e362ff27072378c2c3e2c16a89e5f50418e3de88ff670d5a1c7b0007a0c7df
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting an effort to host malicious files or redirect users. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50074e9e755263464ee9d49fa50e4628/14080924015.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb990614a5---34837673846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenfins-thailand.org/uploads/file/38842518281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubenferro.com/userfiles/file/82464717304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsospice.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/81931346842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willes-gb.com/uploads/files/202109050401378564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalathena.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziwinitora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132198625e71---61598204529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/32824776233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimaglobal.net/ckupload/files/48689966435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzsabegi60szallo.hu/UserFiles/File/6056464759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380abe4eef8---manovonexowozedorez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614067bf2cad9---50810493354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fetogram.ir/images/upload/files/wogovemekolojadirapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/rebefunej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbibepnhahang.net/media/files/6755927247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yachtales.net/admin/userfiles/files/fawagokosupujozuwemewuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcvandewiele.com/userfiles/file/20205319022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petgears.com/app/webroot/files/file/wigivoxalaxuwogevomelelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/nifisepifedowidekifip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://runo34.ru/attachments/file/wilimojepakitasisagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citty.org/images/uploads/file/36850650610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/sadosaverefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sssmri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25710791219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614717942afb9---kibotinudewovukomeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b4e618ce5b---91544905774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://next-engineering.com/userfiles/files/wugibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613916a143dcc---zixugodiripoluporulejos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+walking+dead+season+1+free+download+androidPDF 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_off0000d9f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9F4 18852 bytes
SHA-256: cbf3828f3657b75a45edab7009074379f79d49cd9094e8b9ff6184a133ebe88f
font_01_sfnt_off00010afd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012314.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12314 10728 bytes
SHA-256: fc996cbd05d8dc765ccea58194430a8686bd2aa2241e1300e724f6a747cfc0df