Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a96df67ae506e1d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-08-21 03:35:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8dbee2aa758fedc231f78ad11233ceb7 SHA-1: 3f4c5b5b6950ec0fe57e9e73560110ce97e3838b SHA-256: a96df67ae506e1d4431f6299acbfa27c9f894b2f2c19c75f6c22ce9a709b1bdc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or are part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=simple+compound+and+complex+sentences+worksheets+grade+5 PDF link annotation
    • http://vitali-schulz-eiskunstlaufen.de/userfiles/files/xanikezavifixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/12754952122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef4630cabc---pimofasipelub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/76247391034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xlsferrosilicon.com/d/files/57676645406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/jokasodaluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiaohecollege.com/d/files/44211177576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f4c7ae3c355234d427a7298d50d917f/jopirizamebeselipejemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b590c72d3d---buluganetozofufop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bp1ihao1ba1k09fvqo31ois9lp/rezoxivof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michaelwilliamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/soxenorutujuzikedidojak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamatudarbai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80386571806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honghuibio.com/d/files/88035773294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ee0799b6a---78262534299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unternehmensberatung-hegenbarth.de/userfiles/file/vetuzadiwozoxovabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609493ff3bc82---fikamewajolin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lixtech.com.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/75496382812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a947599a9951007862c53d28c919f5d/98994432706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gitimohammadilakhimpur.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8271102997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716835a59f9---55409729758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86b70a239d1bbafdf9b1b451bc0bc298/5093697298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/92702275788.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_off0000c426.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC426 11548 bytes
SHA-256: 849232adac6dc5d03e486c89f875810995352829f2b6e9342b4b92c29a3f2d08
font_01_sfnt_off0000df37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f749.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF749 16172 bytes
SHA-256: 6876c30c87eeb43fd5794ee1ee870137258cbf6422618563000dd626c116db6e