Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97272c1ceaf3789b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 17:36:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 3ffb0cbda1292bf0241cc963ca28d804 SHA-1: 973a3579f2f16ec0fd8c363ee5144e7b633cdaf9 SHA-256: 97272c1ceaf3789beb875b279df969c51bf383bd4b7259138af10e57a9b8155e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malware. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/24636764034.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bmhs71.com/clients/c/c9/c97ff408e01126d63256cf68004d6641/File/fibako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/18898222673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaonhaccong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/muzokusezenanilevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed4f8bce3bc854354729e568cf0dc5a7/fanitikexuxoxogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7881beec32---24761573760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c6b21bf07ee3af7e9bf0b5b19abece1/xamigaxebekuvinomuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d469a769ff---viwobinipibuxovezabuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/zegegisezefexesiwuxuwuxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb63d3cf80d---raguruwasoxeneguki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-8/20210508015900100796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drive4smilesquebec.ca/clients/f/f5/f58105ca183540932673f5bf18e62671/File/37329328824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6817005660---xezilutatowojeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906f1168151---vigifesozavapobozumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/32587208315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f72b24223fd290f01f8b33ce813c9b1/53503985781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://testplanet.nl/uploads/files/fawukexedokaratufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/63449428160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-27/20210727123113468231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinxedien.net/upload/files/kunogonifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murphysbeads.com/clients/54316/File/10777144766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a04d26e9d7---79531360088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b088db8b4bb5af7572b74e39c4cf289/lozotipekelozivupefidagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoron.net/up/files/nugakojiwasavumup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://passaicvalleyclassof1957.com/clients/44362/File/11275229104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deb36e861dc4b5ab2ee2b57e5945d34a/50756628523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=sae+j670-vehicle+dynamics+terminology+pdfPDF 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_off0000efe6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE6 11828 bytes
SHA-256: bb01db88744ccffdd23f4b086a1b30f494961f74b99a9992283190d5ab94715e
font_01_sfnt_off00010be6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE6 17584 bytes
SHA-256: 1e3200c78fc8456300965c78e88858324976350cc14269757ea298cd900660f8
font_02_sfnt_off0001393e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1393E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1