Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96f1e1a2f712667d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-07-21 00:57:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 03aa60c43cf8a6d5c64ef6bc0a2e8213 SHA-1: 81946b9970ba377aad2d98c9c2da497228dd423b SHA-256: 96f1e1a2f712667dd1f7d58d93f851ec60bc5b37ac57c5663b2e4d4796f8b34f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The heuristic PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM indicate a pattern of distributing malicious content through a link farm. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 further supports its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 https://zegaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/83023634408.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089062e34e42---janokijokijojobobeturew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/telurovilak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4048247d7d5b613154003163547a9f7/22805209405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevorhannant.com/kotivozogirotawakuxafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/102333a12e5dd0b760a01b3e0a2b0a69/69362385626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609310642241a---wurafamomobotar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/127c063b074b62c5283db7387a0c493f/tetumosopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annekienlen.fr/imagesfile/tojavomewidoxafoxaxobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5lebekbm8g08t5n3cdksffjnp9/55439822241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d428d8170a---53445483415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee30945609---65396144216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080816317951---mulafominege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b0e98c006747276fd3e6f04987a6229/44947546209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04pnqtd09ai5nkh9fme74810t3/xigosejidufuwixize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/zulorot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a363d9002d6---55103985101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/89623068212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13345861043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609843f6280e7---boreve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/kanisibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhyuk.com/imhyukeditor/userfile/file/bobebug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=probability+class+9+notes+pdfPDF 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_off0000d7a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A8 11036 bytes
SHA-256: f1fd6e72f2456e2685c6501b9221a6cbf440d092195a5cd3e6820fac4dcfbc59
font_01_sfnt_off0000f14e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF14E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010960.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10960 16900 bytes
SHA-256: 9a0b2dec901e1a4011441480cde9a579fd8fd9e094a330f8db27f391b6829624