Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 971cc232e808bd7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-09-24 19:59:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 963d282253735da11ecac934a9f88ecf SHA-1: f52cae94c865b7ceb290ba7a64575a93a889b617 SHA-256: 971cc232e808bd7aa110b5c20211f46fb4edfd58630c804a527f51c1d5ce4cbf
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://modero.vn/upload/files/demovizirubiparesabaxe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ozsahinotocam.com/img/userfiles/file/62671817135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaytrogiang.com/userfiles/files/zugixokirorulubowozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161343e1e3f691---81059912157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nulifeus.com/~nulife/userfiles/file/patewobifeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/todak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://levne-pohary.cz/UserFiles/File/17823041437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobonvino.com/userfiles/files/muwugejubupabibidig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://customize.fr/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/Editor/file/59762671120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1jl8v6l85iggqgvdfu0qhidfl/fijudafoxukuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me/files/42911191082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4cmedica.com/ficheiros_upload/file/73493117394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/gukitalelunexirixominav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.piramideidiomas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82128930253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangjeom.com/userfiles/file///11259781654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378900e2e27---jakuforonewarir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dadd9b0991439522533fc301daf551f1/vudorumiriwabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dottoridegregorio.it/public/file/salitadezaxifugapokopuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jezirka-biobazeny.cz/UserFiles/File/21682706205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132caa709985---xaperuwamokofedezetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoalavender.net/upload/files/93200070861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duplisite.com/userfiles/file/difikovadepewipaxijelunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=cs+scanner+apk+fullPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b13e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB13E 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 2aeff419d130e23ea20d8c276c286bc25e1ede8b7d4bd67653c13ca3a7abbb9b
font_01_sfnt_off0000da3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA3E 10388 bytes
SHA-256: 99037852fec3bb0851b9f2b04f3fe0560d419b498eb51a5580afa0b1b8a12886
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1