Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 197ddcfc7bc3d32a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 10:06:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8a75d5b35c7648f63fc0fa7caa8e9171 SHA-1: 72bc7b85d00dd150f91c2f0d9c3bbfde6fcd495b SHA-256: 197ddcfc7bc3d32af9526de6bc9612e2bca31c397c7c2edfefe47723aca0f252
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to obscure the true destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://prplus4u.com/ckupload/files/9632373793.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609249953889d---zenaruligoledekugeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae7841a08ad5dfa78ca0f695f634fc84/wugimaxixevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c700df2b61f---12595774046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d34895c9d97c11bbc9209ec17086f3e/93612646972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://treasurehunterdetectors.solar-ovens.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25734888583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airxps.com/userfiles/files/27099734588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duplisite.com/userfiles/file/59567737404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okna-kurska.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/52858792388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://werbemittelag.ch/upload/file/45555406664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuyioutdoor.com/userfiles/file/vafidejogosarukokonerow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/lanugovujilusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/gizox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpconsulting.us/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaskinfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b7/b798c9f9e2af69c3a5b950a06e4ade8e/File/64371677363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82056605104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16029fdc11577257ad06a159608a81a6/salozixepegugogeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43d182c7f7---vodiluxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krantiservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64996994207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0f0c51477df5345ccd34475bfbb91ac/kuvuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0c075f22b87e38173fc1c8d29939347/bijedifugemegekosod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/21250737811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/458cdd8237eb158842809b37651c7fdc/lekuwajejelufuvufopixazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhihepvb.com/upload/ckimg/files/202108071814006621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=words+that+have+wPDF 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_off0000b8be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8BE 15544 bytes
SHA-256: 0e87d2ee6db33b3d4422466ab9418c183286eb2d9b1b17b182ae0b7cde022149
font_01_sfnt_off0000e019.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE019 10248 bytes
SHA-256: d4b548c6406932b8fcf1cd229fa3dc49624f7b53aa7fff18bfdd30b33f4d7f3e
font_02_sfnt_off0000f755.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF755 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1