Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 971416518a3214f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-08-11 08:03:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 76b17ce2ef70ecdae2bf3ed59cab92a6 SHA-1: 9b580e60740a272cd7fc8ccc0f672d3ddf3e48c7 SHA-256: 971416518a3214f2a1725317f85e7807209c0af4dfbebda356623dc3532e706d
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, strongly suggests a malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier output further support this, indicating the file is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the download or redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=road+to+ielts+listening+test+2+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/36487773318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b35abda3b3---18394251150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instandee.com/Images_upload/files/bamonetax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a9954bb6b---78153854688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ericshartman.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zidiwovuxakigom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/vumewifanij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097fee3bdecf---xesabizirewubova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-premium.com/user_file/files/81957471962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f8b24a175effe64e5ca79704b7e0dc0/93794006212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seto.cz/uploads/tuzixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68467e6034cf123c48021dbca3f9129f/14292795377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80cffdd33d63f84e5e1e1ce5e6abcb49/32456395004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bud-drog.pl/userfiles/file/65025844589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a35997c4ede---89306343960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bimiroza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/nulodebavunalezovatet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotstamping.pl/files/file/85015267444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/letusevifejiwidifubek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5fea313c36d0278a2eae5ddc33087fa/20954646507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad3a8c6d52694f4d620c25ead0dbaf4f/doxudokufokagukiwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwilldoit.ru/uploads/files/files/362297921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/mokakux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/laxajesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ielts-academiIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60415497192.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_off0000e4fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4FD 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 5aedaf846d0e30d505b9b79473435c4a7322b62d630fbdeb623600eec698a626
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD9C 17300 bytes
SHA-256: 39ecc617a679fc6c9cc9aae72aa6d3528298d412f80d1602b91a44f8b3b6effd
font_02_sfnt_off00012a8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1