Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 197898e990d118e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 10:53:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0389ac7957a6b7b9ba1a514dc651d91b SHA-1: f3d75fdd36261d614983bf4030dedd6c984aba1d SHA-256: 197898e990d118e8a7bc39aac83141890c283866ca2ed30e886b0b3c207baebb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to further obfuscate the malicious intent or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=create+view+dynamically+android PDF link annotation
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e1a0f1690583bdcdcb0a4c8b9192a33/gonelamipepopimumawemul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-tta.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/nogudolajozumutizavakifel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autopsrus.aerovents.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75880273690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marisqueandopremios.com/campannas/file/52116915629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132f7df70180---89926626181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bak.vn/upload/files/zuwajalurojibapipibezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenkin-t.com/upload_img/ck/files/3038006871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mepho.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xeposi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408e3cdef78---73972219305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b4610473c---denalekiwerotabawojegako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noxazazexirurapim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aviatroglo.fr/IMG/file/68213762767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/fapetokugirufil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/79357420625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41322049455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfeerweter.nl/userfiles/files/35058150616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangerun.re/photo/files/baxogidazinimidigige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5ky13lu3-1251.com/contents/files/nakugabonesunudesafoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dr-onesrl.com/userfiles/files/19462290231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trade.inter-ural.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1393389173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buyafranchise.org/files/files/tinadumaxatukozibubuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowenlawmt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/migizusimofiweximo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actsonics.com/uploads/files/202109071049237795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tevukasveza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75281712999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ffe44b5ef5---21456304211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dinepivowerimawozikot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truhlarstvisollner.cz/data/file/lexabazerumenan.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_off0000d1d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E6 17184 bytes
SHA-256: a44bfada9acf463a4e6178990829eaaa136f23d75835c5d7c8fbdb752b37b2c9
font_02_sfnt_off000116d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D2 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 653ee318b76a10432fa8db74f9f8906724937da2c6ad55530e75918d389b6fa1