Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96efb07a359e2018…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-24 18:56:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 8585d0830e21360f0d67ceab14958504 SHA-1: e978e5f88ac0c8a7e9989a761e0437d01a3c9cb6 SHA-256: 96efb07a359e20181fb52f779deb4ff20ca21f2afcca8cec943aaaffe1875a59
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or SEO poisoning attempt. The presence of a ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classification further supports its malicious nature. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are indicative of phishing or malware distribution lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://hpcad.pl/Upload/file/14311118659.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149724472d2e---41647925008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614866bb41613---86091307799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teknis.it/userfiles/files/72819986738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161386649337a9---xujetobamexatajojopimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/454ulqjkn02fp0rr8713m97qv1/nowozaxomemigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mongolia-volkslift.com/uploads/files/xoguxejedezupitafaneko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapmarkt.com/userfiles/file/medekezumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a269258f8a---79406300419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edisonprivateschoolbeta.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafebomoremadujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinevay.com/upload/files/gifulirawuluronafili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tele-video.ru/upload/files/90497095159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochkari24.ru/pic/file/denumasodobewenisofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptogel2.com/contents/files/10487352900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrenickels.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vofefotuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://355353.ru/userfiles/file/82921527388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-vv.dk/userfiles/file/tedarufezoruzulujomixave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laptopserwis.com/app/webroot/media/files/48427279628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/vuxegokisasobakemagovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vongtaygiay.net/media/ftp/file/19029093004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glampingcaravan.com/userfiles/file/20210903050317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auburn-companies.com/userfiles/files/32452968715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arenda-v-novosibirske.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vusozinubanukesax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=photon+flash+player+%26+browser+premium+apkPDF 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_off0000b430.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB430 17860 bytes
SHA-256: 523f80537d00ba5a3c2e4c72077f6e5ee51be8e3e9227a94806c7d5f00393df3
font_01_sfnt_off0000e25f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE25F 10476 bytes
SHA-256: a02850f5a52c0dd5b82788e18fb880d9df18fbe9b964f14d85e1113965550e20
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1