Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96fbc4cfdc8a9fff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-07-16 02:23:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c14703756903c12bac301c7181d7c8cd SHA-1: 55e1512abda80c110c37b33e2fb9861b43bfe98a SHA-256: 96fbc4cfdc8a9fff6d9120176efadf00f6b144051950b7d0a4091d0d92cbf35b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/80484641601.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-17/20210517115635801464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc1089ce7cc6740ffd5f2b78ebf5a8c1/biluvupubanezepumubalexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34b8148fd13282b42ed66d736f9d22dc/zipuradegavasitigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e6cf8f07283ecac3cef3079dc118e35/wafigazalakujogekofunire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71583bbd52fdec4389e5f7ca4247ceb8/73395602334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/savovul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867a18554e3---67972734903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/40445134005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76a4a0b3a4c072fd5341987ff0744bdf/54603987874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/bevawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepainter.asia/upload/files/rawibubidinuneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghozibistore.com/luutru/files/76840336506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e794ddacb---67317900851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelicanfinancialnetwork.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sopupuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e5a163956---javazuwipevuwuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/zazemikevaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e99a50056f---86167907424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7l3f94p8p3b9nlbm1a9sb17ga2/bawimozeposimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859fa3c7be5---13438759390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5f29c7a3dd48b4ca5c073c530b652e2/zijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.injamal.es/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66383023582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuestag.ch/userfiles/files/dadidopapufumuwoxofanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lysgaards.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66635642428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/54217791851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=thymoma+associated+withPDF 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_off0000c7f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7F9 16416 bytes
SHA-256: 5c47873fa1a34ca8b8fcbf7417422ab9a0b549e32b2ef7fcceb9e0d0e4d65aa6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D0 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 5bfe8d6d1af1d01612e303776d3e4fb03a93c12e44bc8b68e71d2c2b32092e83
font_02_sfnt_off00010b02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1