Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e97a47600c25531…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:35:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ec93f9a3b8d657f8c36851ef306c99ad SHA-1: ef16a449f91bb619737166ac2daa47bd7edf6a35 SHA-256: 1e97a47600c25531395fdc2f4c252d1d3c38539bbf41f9c3afb0768d4615b7c5
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate it's an image-based lure designed to trick users into clicking links that likely lead to further malicious content or phishing pages. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating exploits or downloading secondary payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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 69 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cyber+safety+project+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49245741261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/fufafakazutosutet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9216901219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39ok4gu1cj6jk2rjui9sh3mtug/34343550276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agarimo.com/archivos/archivos/tugubitevepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c682ef677---56433893918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ukdekmbthklasqm3cpb3essh5k/19581790555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/difiditojufajazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/735e864dbf8a973b20b889d4688311f8/vozuwopesenevidadej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sovaimm.it/userfiles/files/16485034507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evopizza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91961511262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usagimatur.com/files/others/zakidajuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837dbc3b08c---3850436380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/71169867176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/nusibak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/fixaduredosijeduram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/wosekuxoxozunopuzediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f59922cb6---pugoxejefuvefidikujot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristorantebiscione.com/userfiles/files/82210081442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe4d1968ab2---33311217290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/99653319176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb56315885---43705460063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fd4ea53158185c50f60d20b3a33df26/17453124321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b5df9fdc0---marelonusopeziwinesevuz.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_off0000b24f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB24F 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 3e3880135d8378e2e0d546498c8271cc11cc62d0d0dff4c493776a9e881fa96b
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB29 14096 bytes
SHA-256: 5425a5acc8eef70be762201f96505147e76d27418f7a03c0190d06a6e6e2824e
font_02_sfnt_off0000edd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1