Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 397dc18f536fe087…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 00:02:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 05d24215f775c6dad9aff2b554008182 SHA-1: 9770539894badbcb710c92ff8b051e8831af5bf1 SHA-256: 397dc18f536fe0879387f3820c50e1a3f4c2149a99b88dfc6c3535e2f7176c46
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent. The file's structure as a link farm, with some links leading to potentially malicious content, aligns with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.syrahresources.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80482355857.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613919f6101e3---40938740749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/fevalemusili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcos-eff.it/userfiles/files/573218486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhadatv.com/webroot/img/files/fonud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.de/userfiles/files/xixobowilimetelifavuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dr-onesrl.com/userfiles/files/71373123103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychologgia.pl/Upload/file/16862437245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoyisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nugorekafoxexapudaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/53628326636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://octapus.vn/images/uploads/files/95794553161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeae42257a89759602bc72af4997e3d4/rupebixijegipifalomajugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e5bbb93d0a---24107606065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-group.ru/userfiles/files/8672021391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veganogle.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/rofejidagozexetifovuwezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papianiarch.it/userfiles/files/24641254556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/zaledalukepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umutfm.com/resimler/files/2090128625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/didakasuvorukejaxinuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tottazo.com/userfiles/file/temuzosowawanoxozavezuvew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87597813745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021090315295677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jodusopabixelosid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202109070819349706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eiffelflowersquesnel.com/userfiles/file/55217730522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awfiowv.love-mrt.com/upload/files/bazosefafunimiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=hack+mod+of+sniper+3dPDF link annotation
    • http://irodori.kir.jp/files/file/73952492878.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_off0000d7f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7F6 17420 bytes
SHA-256: 932fa919fe79cfa2a58f484af76b3cd11942b5cb4242d4af255f41a56a20b6fe
font_01_sfnt_off0001054f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1054F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D66 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 5400c870835051e6cdd0aed8851d4e69079bb35c12af218319f3c355e3b58646