Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 297b634b980fe880…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:59:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c0edf98d033d448a5a24e4225d1b587d SHA-1: 1fe6c2c06505f1d1905b9bbaab892fd8baf321a1 SHA-256: 297b634b980fe880fb1bdda7051a20f8f76c3786a07d932d2ca2b4d29fd75b04
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites. The links often contain UTM parameters, which are commonly used in phishing campaigns to track user engagement.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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
  • 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=how+to+apa+reference+a+song
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d13ab1598b---bobezot.pdf
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/gurepapodi.pdf
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a5ec2ad81435a97bbfd92f4adb8b452/97108548405.pdf
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a173260e6ac5d0171337c37abe0c713/wivozokenuvusebufu.pdf
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5a933d49cb31cb5ac4c8b26da35b524/vevuzek.pdf
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/63758049472.pdf
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ra5upnii1sgol9dlnau9l3i5fb/60500789600.pdf
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/70605974049.pdf
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e93d52efc---xelajasaxaxe.pdf
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/delisokov.pdf
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e1057e7fc---vuwajubuxoladoj.pdf
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eumgsfj66tj1bv3msvfrsn4t27/13484733264.pdf
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///26735856637.pdf
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/zijisasal.pdf
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1565f65b1265697dedd5be639473bf4/wesofobadozidi.pdf
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/004cee18014bea7e01e68c312128d28a/tuxufalogadakabisevipiji.pdf
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d42bfb0dc39---85772925154.pdf
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/pinegegukutex.pdf
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2b4b08bef46c4a7e163ae2209ec8b7f/kagubobuvadibenet.pdf
    • https://semsaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82554518348.pdf
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d4c6cfb63---85157785994.pdf
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51006732337.pdf
    • 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_off0000fa2b.bin
8cccf82236afd22896e27d5442c02af6f9f4596254fec714095a3be1a0ae36b7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA2B 18352 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000129cc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129CC 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000141e3.bin
af1a7e1f2a86df30ffe7c1c54811f919b82f8d6807e18611f9cfdacec32e4c28
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141E3 10592 bytes