Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f95ff3bdeedc0c96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 04:18:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 86c8936d1dddc202205b1ed33fa88fdd SHA-1: 17e84cb537417261e3cedc1730b92bda4ca6b443 SHA-256: f95ff3bdeedc0c9605be9d1b5af5e2a857b0016de3d6388ee222664a64c0479b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a single image and minimal text, typical of a screenshot designed to conceal clickable links. Numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://agroanaliz.by/upload/editor/files/xafevanex.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161371ad6e9730---17666608185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtvxm.vn/userfiles/file/ronin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614068786ac14---32875323356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huaku3c.tw/uploads/files/202109140231342471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps-org.neurondevelopment.org/userfiles/files/gafor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mintowncoffee.net/uploads/images/files/tufosogewugiwafaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161403b985ee20---zovujajobogoxijewef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edukoc.net/userData/ebizro_board/file/xofazas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c7bee8640d---xiwagutaxazasisulitera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a81148b2e098dae4fa1bbe230ffcdce/forox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ba480c0ba---daziro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.net/userfiles/files/jasafaburobuzezuvaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landroverbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50385810142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmsone.com/eimages/file/41061573566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2daytour.com/ckupload/files/77473023094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614236f59309b---sibezazasudove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiwanawul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyccenter.com/images/Upload/file/badadida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mingmitrcoffee.com/user_img/files/47035774540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/65754426766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studybrilliant.online/app/webroot/img/userfiles/file/vewogebaladufupotosev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prakseologia.eu/userfiles/file/6480338431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gdchgs.com/admin/img/files/junekepov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=visual+studio+app+center+androidPDF 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_off0000af3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF3B 13960 bytes
SHA-256: 1bc217556fe5b6fafb34b593de005751cea1c504d5a33b44b41fca782ce9b09e
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1DD 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 4a51820b4e14f56aca3cb8d521d110174fe6fd59fcf0259cc95d3e26527f0f87
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1