Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e96b16146fd8a19b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-14 13:26:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 26aea0522663ecb77e0814deea453399 SHA-1: f273c9b65027fa64ccf9ab0bf90153d2d45b84db SHA-256: e96b16146fd8a19b4bc03d14bea2bdda55e1db748ac4c2c042487f8d95524f83
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many external URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://castilloexterior.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/godotokibuzerupejevul.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://retrofitoman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12253797503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wyslijpaczki.pl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/file/23099351930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03fdb4b93d00ab0c8752c9159b53e907/35454779316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30c5a4a9b3f4b72352c0dc4731dac34b/7291892745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitepalacegrill.com/userfiles/vefozenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korea-labels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77037007429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lpxs168.com/filespath/files/20210908075908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.it/uploads/file/42127551801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lynxitservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jivurafelonipegon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aluminial.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12813928123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/2235792645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/fuwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msiutilities.biz/documents/14616283415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spokoino.ru/i/upload/files/tobokonusapipadunaxerab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enkaotomatikkapi.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/62472717573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/47446786221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a4e4256f97---72747939164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioixedap.net/upload/files/lokisamulosaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betheaskssd.com/flash/betheaskssd.com/file/totopaguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19134537576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://em.heephong.org/ethnicminorities/cmsadmin/ckfinder/files/58910370588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intelekt.biz/uploads/pages/files/zunulopepibowol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=movie+maker+10+software+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mokitadezogox.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_off0000d17d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD17D 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 5affedfad4ce1b32fdbaadd530184aaebff5ad03806818ded076adc167413613
font_01_sfnt_off0000eaec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAEC 17512 bytes
SHA-256: 6aba360ed6812db7652ac2868524305f0ac25ccc833aff9e89afef9625cb8974
font_02_sfnt_off0001187e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1187E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1