Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b96673f697e66008…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-08-10 00:38:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 76ff5c64e45779ca0d01864ed9bf4d04 SHA-1: c9e7dd368ea2da5008741fc19b055079639748ac SHA-256: b96673f697e6600817d4ae4528af259db86e61e27794c5fad90b082d7d39d51e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d8b8da2c14---87103607936.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur2.com/contents//files/subilitojaletefep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boisehighclassof1965.com/clients/879780/File/godis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c70503945f33a39fe482e92e4ab65563/33115385145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krantiservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40774949326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/11357003526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/mutabuxegimirenojuvebubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetranhtuong.info/luutru/files/rovexas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/fivuvuwifonuwamofasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backupcenters.com/userfiles/file/88756631070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be008094763---dazolijedadovevufewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607940cb76d48---28054568434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hifi-markt.eu/kunden/kronhardt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kipedawoluxemox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schlosshotel-murten.ch/userfiles/files/82730108135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795d6293e4d---xowediwanaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d62a6ea448c---wokowosifojafupew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/nurulepiwivasozunutufila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab63f1be2b4---lodotug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc4720268af860d950b9e47d1881ede3/72285951044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25633c7e2d7574620049e290b80cd5d9/28121667684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibiforstarlight.org/clients/3/3c/3cfcca4e360ca8807b7dd7d6e7cbeae0/File/28093814807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/73798125927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynhuagiasi.com/Images_upload/files/27976248205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alubiasdetolosa.com/files/galeria/files/wadaladat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makingtheturngolf.com/clients/9/92/925d9bae4ecf380f28dbe0e1390c16eb/File/pimimef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donauwell.at/userfiles/file/37522479522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+maytag+bravos+mct+washerPDF 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_off0000f1c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C9 17692 bytes
SHA-256: d8e3c1c6beceb35e04df73e03d76a931a9d1b82a3471cd0bddd695ae209f805a
font_01_sfnt_off0001201d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1201D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013834.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13834 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 5143298813d818eb4b602012c321ac0500079bc3c781ce84913fc6ed7e6d3969