Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96fc0f94c8aa1e3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 23:53:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6ed5dc105a5a9c684c1cd5a42bb48a34 SHA-1: 1a052d4e66e6a2e54070db8626f57bf75c83d2ff SHA-256: 96fc0f94c8aa1e3ad7df3a259b2363669743b7348c67239a224091c1adb11461
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing and malware distribution scheme. It contains numerous links to external files hosted on compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure and a callback phishing pretext further supports this assessment, indicating a multi-faceted social engineering approach.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613065b1b0da8---jejaxogusoru.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservice.com/uploads/files/213966914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zechnerbau.at/images/content/files/fovebojurovituw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ecf655de6---89112409157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyanko.com/userfiles/file///34489256990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410e172fb55---tipususawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_5670560B5C57E763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ppogrimall.com/upload/editor_image/file/13008261674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiospazioambiente.it/userfiles/files/44103970296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacientes.quiroser.com/UserFilesQUI/file/23824699700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tv-sat.cz/userfiles/file/6378360216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchterreni.it/userfiles/files/30897566940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoolteh.eu/galeria/file/wibifuloxusotoliwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nstoplana.rs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zezezilafuwazuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standardamulet.com/files/files/20231417131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.almansori-ye.com/almansorifiles/files/namadox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/meselekoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.greenlakecruises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buwofosekepibezivomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artanuji.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nomupukidenivadalagomusox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulv-fogger.ru/d/files/65456728383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusincertum.it/userfiles/files/90005408379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpscrm.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/naruwovim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-pvc.com/upload/files/34450734143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eot.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/zimomaletikirewes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frankifoto.com/uploads/pages/files/dotinatitapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islenapuntos.com/campannas/file/71154227229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=porno+apk+pcPDF 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_off0000d95f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD95F 9924 bytes
SHA-256: 1a67968200250e8dc7302bcef93212193ff8574f36e47b58ad5f32e314285ef5
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF5F 18768 bytes
SHA-256: e2be8c6827fd4560b6ff228d4cfc428b65902b4280e08c49ecef899798a86979
font_02_sfnt_off000120b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1