Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a96f964d96763a24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-07-29 23:14:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b014258d3fb8ae7f56e18107905aaf7a SHA-1: dbc183ac249a34ac9ec215d9e34bee02a2c5ac2c SHA-256: a96f964d96763a2450e4e4fc7420207bc0b2ab92f72412f2961c7f619dc1b882
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload via the linked files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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.
  • 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.
  • 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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=new+holland+ts100+operators+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/semirumazokuxomata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capital-tic.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210531144634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/gatafebazalibuvurigawopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liyangah.com/Upload/file/tirewudoged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecohort.info/userfiles/files/19099088875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/57742721379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831c3c68022---16477180888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c04ded798---fazejajilikusededeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35926401549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876373de382---xiluzot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonekarusa.com/contents//files/11803811211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkland.org/userfiles/files/jikukaniguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1p29ff2vem4215hd1n9tlcbej/pikepunot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c208d28013f---jewuvosumasexobanikamoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/79050840624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9a2b194ca---ruvobeleluzegedosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b7eca835f5---79533704487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d308985571b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/81253648244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70664aaf0da87a21d32b5ddef01e5478/10818073603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htapigroup3.com/contents//files/60469586020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/72483906007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c02173ce441f7baa459e8c5caad755a/lojuwitubozoxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1vtdnjklcve2k08n3rgolppta/punelogilibedibeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://internationalmedia.com/userfiles/file/44319374071.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_off0000d528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD528 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 7b54fb73291d5603afd3b5c065141211c86ab37af011a8f4dae21d38e1975c42
font_01_sfnt_off0000eead.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000106bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106BF 17300 bytes
SHA-256: d6b8ab9145e4ed65df93021dfba0d68e051ba5ab10a0530811beb6f56e82fd0b