Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 996d986f7bc8b593…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:26:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0cdf416ea1b95ca46dd87342fd226447 SHA-1: c18b50fa34eb7d2ce365747787af99ad64ba3ed9 SHA-256: 996d986f7bc8b5936346d71d7d2b13dbec905b6889da585f48dfab409b4f50e9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting domains. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=terapia+intensiva+enfermagem+knobel+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://thelifelesson.net/home/tappingchanges/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52978390341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.com/user_img/files/divisapawifujom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/39538359413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2a608cc14d---warugarawona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/files/943905708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/marufipimutisufisasiwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4df6d12ea9---rixuwemowirijerigil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2dd798bf5870b78d3b2427e8902c27f/xebazuxogogonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urjabatteries.in/userfiles/file/31856189334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb4f449296b697b39b6772f5a5e4164a/bewoxelovebazapukidez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b40e2cd2921---46008231954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/847bd70c19044106333440b80a5d8ffb/rapagobatexovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/28180216992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6nb00br0ur6g0316smsd5mke66/57380041207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073af246bb91---jesomegoxawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7adf74ed6f2d2662b4b7658d0c3eb80/70872730128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4e3464cb01---xetebebeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incomsistema.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jenaxitifamekezokereza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa6ea78d3b---57320077047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c70a497f22d---69700616760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1790c0733---zajusol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.herbertvanderbrugghen.nl/draft/tedajobixitunojov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6dd5abfb4b8a7d5ed7ea6819db0303b/kuzebilejik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075963232e78---lajiludebevewiluwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f501.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF501 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D18 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 89d1eea5c05dc07275cdccfbc5970c3f4d03b78b8e6e913e9ec27ce12fd41909
font_02_sfnt_off0001268c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1268C 18684 bytes
SHA-256: e49949cd160a2b04aa9c6170e7061764bd959380c2c377534fa282fb660fde7f