Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e96017d6de7b668f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 08:29:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0dfe655d8f7a45f19a66b41aed1ccd6b SHA-1: 8c182f98f8ed955b683fa62114b7447e5a8f7497 SHA-256: e96017d6de7b668fac7819977e609eb52696ee6bf24297c22c412b16c7dd39ae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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=latest+game+on+android PDF link annotation
    • https://cauthinh.com/luutru/files/wuledabumop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gitialiganjlko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79085642109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tingchucontrol.com/Uploadfiles/files/mozamumimefonovojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misterholidaysanprisco.it/userfiles/files/valesenaxaxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmsendo.pl/uploads/editor/file/saronuzegebusuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usateatop.com/_upload/files/36223938170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c0b5ea5fbee3d074d7d0c2628dc02f6/munem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwistw.com/upload/files/31765261153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchtextile.com/userfiles/file/lekazorizesaseturun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongming-eco.com/userfiles/file/69196562171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdc6afc751nji8g25v90ungc0s/rukobabegesupukidelomum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kueapem.com/contents/files/42602217359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikansambel.com/contents/files/koxevobamuzales.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/51108688313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145fc7e6a537---86734536374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinching.com/uploadpic/files/202109040205025266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kga-am-adlergestell-ev.de/kga/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vasogaluvepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/lupefotarolofifamuguwetix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insp.biz/img/file/redidufegorudatomafitag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hindustanadvancedsolution.com/t/tutorfirm/uploads/ck/files/45314107609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnibat.net/uploads/archivos/91063691505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80551555261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.frank-diagn.hu/userfiles/files/jilaveretikufugozufabuzo.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_off0000e8c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8C0 17824 bytes
SHA-256: c17950dc955f125ae07bd2df981ebf808578924940f678ae1a3fd232f26ab3e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011697.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11697 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012eae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EAE 10504 bytes
SHA-256: d0a756e618ded6c7fc53a97778d9ff4b6d50d25dcc8a67cdda753c9625a79afc