Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d96c1b222f87c206…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-31 07:41:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 90b08726904ca70a7b2fe4ceaeed8b61 SHA-1: 0bfb1a0f053b0c6363be0e7f84c05d295cffbf26 SHA-256: d96c1b222f87c2065c04c536d5abbcf536e213a40ac8eec87ad88247202e0e9c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+strengthen+left+hand+drumming PDF link annotation
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9d4897bf716f4b9960919a776537eb7/jilubekifakitisebapir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d558a33e0---bisemobapixafetexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewheightsalumni.com/clients/79364/File/64541425605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/51195863340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa00f751167---91996885826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ac29d2bd9---nudiduzadidexedusorudiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/josixegapariwuvajatofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.net/userfiles/files/fomidoriravotopiweneniles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a273d5ce2a2---jamuditorefig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ddda39f03243356dbfec2440c646311/90384749531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitymattressfactory.com/admin/userfiles/file/62186494415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be5e726a4f---neluwopusuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/kuxipigejopumevewev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio-september.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91778782506b91c6bda8dac3dc63a8cc/74687256358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/jutomedujarobam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942718104cd---witesoxubebememotutonaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neonatal-surgery.ru/userfiles/files/73769110635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beamstraffic.ae/amb/userfiles/file/wirewulozakag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.accl-calibration.com/login/ckfinder/userfiles/files/morubolevoxipalerolus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quaint-house.com/images/blog//file/75492736029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609674cb8c4ca---83162488004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d353d4daf---72887272540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/16405040053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/56165727530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchkar.com/ci/userfiles/files/bubinaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/gigujegupoda.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_off0000ee1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE1A 10976 bytes
SHA-256: c7ecf7c485c2f70bdac9b2d471536c75534562fa7dd3e217f4ddc8a5c63d070d
font_01_sfnt_off00010724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10724 17208 bytes
SHA-256: b7776a3bd30164d79c9135c342eb4c038b26ac005e5cd5db9ef7010a74dd5408
font_02_sfnt_off00013400.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13400 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1