Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96ebb90a84655fab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:44:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 085a9fd04c68c24e479b73c5ef4ee6b2 SHA-1: c033cc7d68a3ff04395f07feda626dc394d6732c SHA-256: 96ebb90a84655fab8e9a7dfc41288a138e4edf1ffbee2648e1a998c70a4457e0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sentence+errors+practice+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2418b76f74f8536a0e26b5f69dc0338b/forabuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz./uploads/82437912263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/65776095936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e9b1e5737---7092593459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58040637936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a61035dcda---nujag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mtp0ub4vt68ighuba7j2bprf27/10371175488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/5878502425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apra.pl/files/file/34127145821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termofriz.rs/files/64554938212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110f2741dcf6---14799960924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smallislandcurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c97895ec76a9d166b7dbcce511bef7a/fuwasotesonizuripegaferux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80367873362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/58259204008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d5101552056bcacfbf271ce5db0e018/fomopisukodozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cezartravel.hu/userfiles/file/vusanogag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tablica-nieruchomosci.pl/uploades/fckeditorfile/gilasasidalupeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744c0a6d833---45836962289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tu7ti89ah4legkltmun1j8c7at/38209672005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ez4parcel.net/upfile/files/2021/07/06/78026452654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southwest66reunion.com/clients/f/f6/f6f8b7bd17d60304c359e527a2c43449/File/nekaxopisibosedij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-pass.com/folder/editor/file/mebub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfhotel.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pofarumil.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_off0000b9ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9ED 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 0d3acace0f60fc88268d865ecdee913e2a6224880c134ac7ead67fa066d5d1ba
font_01_sfnt_off0000d262.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD262 15296 bytes
SHA-256: d7cbabf5e4e488150a8658e9f442e88ba80a1b2e3c9841868a4b900c1064d8a7
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1