Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 971c04e0644603a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 03:29:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 26e3d05d5aa8148ffb8fc5ff63860445 SHA-1: 4900ed2dea9bc0aa534fdb92b4c16daab4bc7ba6 SHA-256: 971c04e0644603a1dbce00b03aa96caf595a8e29ec19188cf99ff5627df77522
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=endangered+with+extinction PDF link annotation
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/34662388318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb6b0c6464---goxawizinozopixasukewetif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1ohrr7jsb95k1jaojqi0h15kd/19350103163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e6993cfd56c7092544a08ed8f06e166/keguxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160951c1f4a60a---36574121897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b2d014d3d---xobasenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/15978051603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mi1ma08blgi92n9t2ghrfm0rl/kefunofideboromuwekifuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acupunctuuryao.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30583653958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sahodayabbsr.com/test/fckeditor/file/95300750225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f04f795a1df56a3d9e294bba3e2ff9b4/88071091699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/sadekonipakixidoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705b18e6869---tisebenumigele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5475bcc50c40aea7e088df34386889ff/jupamoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795b12bce5b---17613660251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b88dfb2d109---1893198733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/54322617481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35748a01424c14a22cdc98b4b3709e18/15272953715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoyi-chuck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73634273273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://area100impianti.it/userfiles/files/zuwunurowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb8398d0b5e2332d4b9a40000e0443ef/bejozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/goviwosivasotodipusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aicpwdosaeast.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70374767873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/sagivujulubuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c202a95b6---86603111733.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_off0000ee49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE49 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001065b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1065B 16588 bytes
SHA-256: d02feda4c14b1c9962a4ccd90cc576083fd2d5825f62cbccb81fe343b2225ad3
font_02_sfnt_off00013139.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13139 10608 bytes
SHA-256: b30e48836efa6929bfaaae3acbef01d53a333607dae2acc307af4ba1c93aa776