Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96e91dc497584a21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:00:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 68ea1e307abe66a9caf093af1b51531b SHA-1: 20c52755d3464a2eb6ce375d8d44c2ca74d90b05 SHA-256: 96e91dc497584a21a4a6a1e1771daeead86d1556d60a2be68c24c2d427df698e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a85c86094---zabevuwime.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b96922b8aa7f0e31c77a5bc26ed52c5f/regawulajuver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4b8960e8b284c1ea7a17368b254d957/47102820944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcmo.ru/upload/files/vewivatorunulabafoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vagtteam.com/userfiles/Files/56243520803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/tevunapibeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f3bc59721---biduzaxizokeduninuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenplanetnepal.com/userfiles/file/72595346797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115fac06b9e5---65015050876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16e2deda87b96972758ec4e73c1aa220/69310207004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eia-edu.com/userfiles/file/78865411836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f79a528913f---wabulekigubifosufazamowef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f6248c0cb064ef995e2c410a3973266/72143861024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.com/userfiles/file/tunasirokedofezokosudan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalmanpower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3431566153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0731.com/userfiles/file/20210826035308_g4hsfz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9608f995b814791c1d3b51328b1adfd/19318824132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125455c3faed---jepatezusufaxojovujep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbfe9bcf9b7---kewarojabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f66a43204---3497334134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/23495589366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63l2v3gql6lguqe0n8l7ab4ckb/6322442538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870dbdcbfb8---77523266582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nebitekifovaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa89460404---goxowopatewidikuvitajep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=least+resistance+meaningPDF 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_off0000eb7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB7C 10364 bytes
SHA-256: 5549a0c2f7a7427bbf6bf5001b67728c59a086b96b00537f7abe93a31d6a93b7
font_01_sfnt_off000102dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102DD 18232 bytes
SHA-256: c5908c1b4c6c3f7b97347e30e29bafdce3fbe83894eef77419a8cf491bb58f23
font_02_sfnt_off0001328b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1328B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1