Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 297da9ff15b11f7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:51:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 373fa8dfbfce372186a8e6ffc8520f37 SHA-1: e084b65d6004bdade99f73e9c6a018b57c4945d1 SHA-256: 297da9ff15b11f7a396267cd7a63f6a741cbe532668dc7b956e75c56fedbbf44
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=encephalitis+signs+and+symptoms PDF link annotation
    • http://bocghedanang.com/media/ftp/file/4740973323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/luu50lvdminndns9e09am43quf/78176040192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsaovang.com/uploads/userfiles/file/55403298750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847ba0777f2---92202242497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/63283354386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f825fd2d63---81510562491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f43c05a991---16652906909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/junapuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/lujinuxomolef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2376eace9e---67611325790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moto-trend.cz/public/files/fck/file/21552141298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/lizibenuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gla9dc9nph57uu9t88464o82f2/13406047506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bt6fshlbfc5ngl37t81btcjba3/konilisimigovividesag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc173d5af9---27411983082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984d146f629---gimuburumelav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b937665e0---julalomuzobixozezoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89htl3cvjn4aa27aq1phqh6djl/zijegapisegojizigakuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pelawurorufela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df6a1496df---jenudonafetedemujetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbfb5587dd---55843127400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160928aa40ff8d---jefokiwobexawemosox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844048dc93f---maxubujuwigimirilapabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f67bc29cc---vajizolawevipat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtcongnghiepxanh.com/upload/fckimagesfile/55841157606.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_off0000edb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB8 16568 bytes
SHA-256: a7273ef6f47e634d2633e7f91bce7a096c306dcdbbbc9f85bcdea7bb5b330de3
font_01_sfnt_off000118a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118A1 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 56c8820a118a998859bcb1d75cd3eb0c02452dd5359500832a3a1d47fd87a87e
font_02_sfnt_off000131a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1