Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f96f78cf667dca44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-07-20 21:42:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 926af10c4f9e275b55a745ee7758be61 SHA-1: ee6e0cd870be755869d09f126003eeb40a069f98 SHA-256: f96f78cf667dca445b08e9ba50909933c4a390c3ca1e3bbd0236a701fe26c159
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains, with one URL specifically mentioning a 'brother mfc 885cw manual' to lure victims. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://mtcclassof81.com/clients/0/0a/0a45bd3013a8cc77df817aa526a911b1/File/poxelufenol.pdf
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870a03d41ea---25513300900.pdf
    • http://www.retorika-zidar.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/58897843847.pdf
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/nilepuponubinijopenade.pdf
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v0il9td05a5ueva8bmjlspi7o3/junumepususase.pdf
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/em0lgumunf7vqkge0sbh0v4qs5/welamilujufimuz.pdf
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/802ded8d12edfcf35df8f0f70233648d/70788973377.pdf
    • https://psihodesk.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigozogufosebilobabibe.pdf
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aa6540f9ee---vedejo.pdf
    • https://www.explosivo.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7347afb59889852a8eebd8cf881511cb/pemabejovamuduworotamin.pdf
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/7510287506.pdf
    • https://aluminiosarla.com/userfiles_arla/files/jegiputexotu.pdf
    • https://speak82.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/vadusojamabaxuwoga.pdf
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4539a587eb8536d4d7cddd96a0b93846/69183598400.pdf
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f07c7af28---ludalobaxunutofavukafa.pdf
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a424ca821---97824230197.pdf
    • https://hunde-katzen.at/soubory/lupebuvopixujifexadad.pdf
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dezulemajexo.pdf
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/7572560525.pdf
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a4968edbd---36770481554.pdf
    • http://rafaelokazakov.com/file/38156841427.pdf
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/funuxojeziwitek.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=brother+mfc+885cw+manual
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c248.bin
e1b763e2457e63cd514660fecb7ccb0b1072ac2e3dccee98c1978544c68bf5af
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC248 10924 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000db99.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB99 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3ab.bin
f485361819546d317f416639d54bb0792fec05e2dddfaa22be4b153d68fbfede
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3AB 16636 bytes