Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 897ee9c2c7b7f91f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:28:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9a47b0598eaea59a1d4cb5c42ae58385 SHA-1: f01f13bdbce20123831cc163bfaa956e773a872d SHA-256: 897ee9c2c7b7f91f955c6348dee58e395d4eaa371692f6f57c2d65be73e74f2c
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or a scam, by presenting a lure for exam papers to encourage downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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
  • 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.
  • 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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bank+clerk+exam+question+papers+with+answers+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0f4ec7d1556502bae1d77cbc183808b/gopadavumepezuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvacations.com/userfiles/file/dawikun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamgi.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biletixojisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toppelletmachine.com/d/files/40167470923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanruou.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/pexinavasomavikerixojoken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e8527843c---jaxuxegivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionradvanice.cz/res/file/98494309986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e9689656011---jomiganisurupig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37fe645107d1d6957c3e2d8a3dcc77bd/sidagudumisadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7ed2af394e---78038529522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a01693ab0db---93674530080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulgreeter.com/userData/board/file/denafiwosan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rogidaxunewejawagurok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9f5b239df---wimibusuzefagixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/zuvapedumatilagef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e46e86b3a---turegetiroduliwuvemil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/63004919144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sport-jicin.cz/dokumenty/26928456489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04c3e160d1f6d36d6d59d964abec3707/jeluvuditupunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607378e860e55---40463022322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devison-matras.com/upload/file/mimub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/97432124795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esllearningbydesign.com/app/webroot/files/file/bojoviwisawegokobodano.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_off0000dd1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD1E 17656 bytes
SHA-256: d4532ff97259a75dbd02e13db372bf11c91b334ca3e5481503aeaa4c05bb9b65
font_01_sfnt_off00010ac6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122DD 11464 bytes
SHA-256: b471f69c4a2b97980185c95a3b4fa22272dc7f609dc7308e4bdc13d0dc4bc3f0