Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 996e0707cb7aaf20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 00:21:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d1dd1cc57f737365b6c1209eead5430b SHA-1: 4d15b2d5524a3a6b21bdb485edd05534ac8b8dca SHA-256: 996e0707cb7aaf20497def0a1c624118fa6b85c0315aba7f1d5f705ae47451d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs. Several heuristics indicate that these URIs form a link farm, with many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=aplicativos+engra%C3%A7ados+para+android+gratis
    • https://predial-rua-nova.pt/056-CovadaLua/images-editor/file/mogulewajitifiv.pdf
    • http://2015.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lubafufojab.pdf
    • https://cemb.ca/upload/editor/file/pasugofapabasoxuduzemek.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161458cf72ea2d---15448837904.pdf
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145803d81a04---tesujopogagovigu.pdf
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85fc0bbhlqfdgruuh5com1tg37/juvenarabotuwuje.pdf
    • https://partroyfuneralhome.com/partroy/assets/file/getutofajababavaboniba.pdf
    • http://glassick.com/userfiles/file/jaditiru.pdf
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e4m3g0fnusl2hffi2dnunbsc7/77162099149.pdf
    • http://vouchertiket.com/airplane/ckeditor/uploads/files/tajufesedasenudivoluda.pdf
    • https://terrebleue.org/userfiles/file/49253833605.pdf
    • https://confidence-ist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fagovamefazad.pdf
    • https://soi.icami.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gujap.pdf
    • https://solener.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16224008301.pdf
    • http://czyxchem.com/upload/files/69250593861.pdf
    • http://greenbelt.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/gobegaxezowepuwidesetaw.pdf
    • http://badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83957685018.pdf
    • http://saatgaamkansarasamaj.com/admin/uploads/files/nesosurafarafase.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f49ed2a07a---43882139754.pdf
    • http://kdsonline.org/userfiles/file/52546211259.pdf
    • http://iwilldoit.ru/uploads/files/files/pezisudazugizig.pdf
    • http://pinturasoltra.com/images/slider/files/gipode.pdf
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/jivop.pdf
    • http://jayeonrak.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/50626624084.pdf
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/164bf20bb511a62f2489dd5c1a827d09/22528887032.pdf
    • http://contua.org/userfiles/file/juxadawuxexuperizaj.pdf
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/71980712817.pdf
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613960a69848f---razepov.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e1e8.bin
d23405e43ec8d3ce5bc09df5819f77fb8810d4fd6a0620653efebb4f8ae2d1d2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E8 10936 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000faf0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAF0 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011302.bin
c0079bed158890da43cc6af29dccf8e6b0b8e1e8f60c68bf62903d0ca4f166a4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11302 19984 bytes