Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96f28639d8f97b6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.7 KB Created: 2021-08-11 23:44:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7e95324249cd6163bff1ffa7072496f9 SHA-1: b6dbd02e997098fec3472829343ff0b398dd5765 SHA-256: 96f28639d8f97b6ecbc53162ebdd6bd965ecd9159655145a191ac1c4ec93e93d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware downloads, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c54fc0a5cf4---76304108104.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/55190304299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071db46eaf7a---13551340081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsasecretariat.fr/userfiles/file/baxuzokubewuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luatsubienhoa.com/upload/ck/files/46528284413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desagresbrts.com/clients/34568/File/rewemefipog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba3f032145d---zifumifem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b09a3e3e90---xodovumiwujebekinokij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95defeaed1---gagepam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/42064228511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5788c02f5ba7ef56cebfc5d5e95f302c/kirodetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed5b288c3d---88365045886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e93969ef32---49037172318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e838e64a73---64280101338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekartltd.com/upload/files/pupuzejimunomiponok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summitremodelinginc.com/userfiles/files/24542091378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad0f0e178fb---magurezipilujuzud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cavalier-hundezucht.ch/userfiles/file/37431571107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esportenerd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14203482250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skonasystems.com/userfiles/file/nagagise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ffe0f6802a---lebezewinor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/veriguvaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ob6l5dcv3ml60kedlsf2eu2va/95112048576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/39592755328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+purpose+of+ratchet+in+screw+gaugePDF 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_off00012f9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000147b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147B4 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 89910d05a6dbe71e6949c89c4d9c4940acb54d5075e980b89c729af2f3f0bf1c
font_02_sfnt_off000160f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160F4 17904 bytes
SHA-256: ea50732ef4efebdebef51fcff1c4294dd62102291858c3ab4f31aff4156d8008