Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e96be4b56de0aa8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-08-12 23:48:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: abb9cad4e244f684edaafdafa9e529d6 SHA-1: ad21f3085b553561822345d10385739976cc790c SHA-256: e96be4b56de0aa8a4d720e7ab929f2e45231320e7ffd597bad3706fa85de8dcc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage. The presence of numerous PDF links on disposable hosting further supports a malicious intent to distribute phishing content or malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/85149306882.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://moscowballet.ru/userfiles/file/44315099354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79407c6b19---lekirugoresunogabor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f10d1f73bfc5058a73355aee355d3da/tafarudopevojudugejuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/bexoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9tnot2muph9i3kppbn3o1nr7na/37439880584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66ee9e4d66c15197c34840694a7afb95/mixenidofofusamijuxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kdbo5i88dctdde91klkgpf1r81/88766996843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/xukawokosubumematuvamiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rozgarnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuvevuguzidugusunere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f73c69325d1---39367399364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/77707334903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2f6384678---21212055305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dock-levellers.com/upload/files/dodorowitosasefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stasta.com/userfiles/file/bubitaxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qd361elk7dj6jidulslge62re1/88874688586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grapevinewinerytrail.com/clients/876125/File/riparokiwixiluvenir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a29749261---bopubajigawiguwimoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpnatacao.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83360705425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d094c7d314---kujebometan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upbfassadenbau.com/upload/file/51491179899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c300e942eadcda6be8650f8bc6eb1d67/forofowopazidamirotugom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/838ee10afa0f785315b6eae95ee05b39/wujugutezosirokutori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9a7717d64---42498504354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+write+a+resignation+letter+to+hrPDF 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_off0000f463.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF463 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 5026b312a910677f5be801516104a05480ad567dde14fdb5046da83253f6ecf8
font_01_sfnt_off00010c57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012469.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12469 16616 bytes
SHA-256: b7ebb75ad8036993fc56593794f920759bd66421d59791b2f26be2fb7a6528f4