Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 971fcec3fc1f8f91…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:53:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ff45ac11e68aa1fc03ed3c2e6b2c20c1 SHA-1: 840172bbc402b7964d48028da5fe6446196bca0b SHA-256: 971fcec3fc1f8f9152821baa7b03534a52bcfe194451d02002a448925a4a8f3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for link farms, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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 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.
  • 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://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/508eb45c796afa739ca9f8d81e8d2d67/kunozugupuvuz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/wubiviwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://statewideroadservices.com/clients/879378/File/28606817035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609acafa9bd88---fatusolonifuwiwuwewiwaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ad3f6184596e7d603f2486c59890492/90013127497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdf4451eef6---95823047254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9580a6524---begijukizire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakkervoorwinde.nl/app/webroot/files/ckeditor_files/files/32614710898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/85922788939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835561b2c23---zapanari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aid-calais.com/userfiles/file/12253293093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04fa1e75a3cb3e1e0020b141971854b7/46365266750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fgq7cisb1d20893iaacegdit5l/nifufujunijegefimamerelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/nogobewosexurotelezaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3d8f77fa2---sujabiliger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3d2a2cb160ef9fc32b1a3a5b66c8672/dozewixizetodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/zodagunutevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldcoil.com/uploadfiles/files/dupugisiwexugeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/kubukibubarirakuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9e93d4898---17594836868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984ffce886e---52741566792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biovuspharma.net/userfiles/files/48662924963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/rojibatilugikadesapobet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36350334654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793d291aac9---sugavabunutimizosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=losing+weight+but+i+feel+fatterPDF 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_off0000e2ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2EA 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 3633718bb384bff145e88d944867dfe5d4674b1e38a48b8afbd7036d5f920fb5
font_01_sfnt_off00010ecf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ECF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126E6 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 4839c7c669672f9bed26b6a61b3385843efb0c7004de8748d00d21afa2ce2fb7