Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c95706337470c110…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:50:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ba79aac836304fa81ae71f2d34f244bd SHA-1: fe9a1dae89363f73b5135bd9c811381b6a996f85 SHA-256: c95706337470c1104bb8aec0c83f7b298fb8e8ce96ee8523ca5b733e4b0139ab
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, likely to distribute further malware or conduct phishing. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest an attempt to exploit users through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a453683766b---fodisiretukidusap.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nenkin-t.com/upload_img/ck/files/93221781609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079015acc13f---sumokajidegikobamivokabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/90347870053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb290a2048---85364645599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f8er0t1kgg23gfiu6ovs3pst2/11562196106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoset66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95606319155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtammatnamviet.vn/upload/files/10514240391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/fofitovosejanesujogoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lucaslobker.com/minor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nowasewetixogotipogazezox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medwin.kr/userData/board/file/zofubana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarents.com/upload/ckfinder/files/mijamorefuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2a0189e87d---64446168436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4ad540141---jedanilefuzedemip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b197f1ab30a46034d5e300ed28633be4/vuketilunewabigatax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f71f64bb93c---13098459352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/005a0bc6d9666fb10cf2ca925a44b769/71560059509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/47624027004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/desibedemezokiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609167fe2923f---jezokubakipixitimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3280c6fb94---pivodepibejatuxogak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecogestval.com/userfiles/file/55631131855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/483eaa39b26e8fd27640bd4dcb7daab8/17718183648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=nissan+almera+2005+owners+manualPDF 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_off0000beb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEB6 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 30f42e6ea2e7d3170ce93d0fe2aee5040010f3452fdb0b414ddd5194cbfc42a5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d763.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD763 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF75 16316 bytes
SHA-256: 3908117c2bf43d089f2c3aecfb323df0bda7c8d7eb0082a4a506e5f494f33cc2