Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96fe900c92bff7c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:52:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 95b077535d759bfdaf8b7e8f0767f2bd SHA-1: c2b246b70dfa1d1b6acf3241bd903ed914f46cbf SHA-256: 96fe900c92bff7c766f779f0ac98ad585061e5914c7a9b98601b7205da975c8d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware hosting sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa9e15ea9c86117bad34886e72b7952c/59821259522.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e788e213435---gotemoloforuvuvujekute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bgg.pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gifanubixuvapike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25dcc950b0c04692d787a50df330d1e5/morawipewulogukizebol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/70443080341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngonluathan.com/images/ckeditor/files/jutediramen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19827604556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crossfitbeeshark.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/vitomavox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fa353b53f---nifivovanuvevidabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f925d6a945859f9557d21b9014576061/9506090027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ottenburger.com/userfiles/file/rilogupibuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c190e4ae11---pakilenoneno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viermaalh.nl/Bottesteyn/Site/afbeeldingen/file/lalako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt1.com/contents//files/tedus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080470f7f4e5---5078384754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96573370f6d25a048371926cac0600e0/punamutugujiwekatikavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/balaforamifira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d50cffb618932ba25006b9372393afc/juvepamisepotimafok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameranichietsu.com/luutru/files/lelapawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shyjjc.com/v15/Upload/file/202181513181921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a8ded859b---90657858909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30doc2qasf6eareqpsf7o8b1s1/63737512595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e3611a7c0---29702682713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=phonics+ending+sounds+worksheet+1PDF 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_off0000c59a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC59A 17864 bytes
SHA-256: 8e3d4b8a5ef955eb52634e124454d74af8df0fefc976df4b4ec9b7203e19ce48
font_01_sfnt_off0000f42b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF42B 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 6eced4d15f1d18b28131b26089149f143cec5dca1ae1b0748e66896bd1700589
font_02_sfnt_off00010cd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1