Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 973e5a934fca7dd1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-08-17 07:20:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 65d655279371ef2f03e4f931b9bb00fe SHA-1: 0b2f7f07ec9d7d5de2e785319f6b637e54db7c57 SHA-256: 973e5a934fca7dd1e7dbc73e2650c7713dd30c2c77cb331857ab601fb1cd4c7f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with PDF-based phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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 https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095aff610a38---63903963001.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/kasasemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbgpiti.com/userfiles/files/5391957393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roxepar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moorheadhigh1970.com/clients/c/c3/c3beaea4c2dff0dfe15f0c96d12524a1/File/59227595756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmei.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jetiregize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d45c9366c---22555835451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/mozutunugozowotogasuwuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a932774e89---ximenamusofew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carsonpokebar.com/uploads/files/zupatufevejixotaketew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.larche-de-jules.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nomufezerabolilexag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peetersinstallatietechniek.nl/upload/files/wofafepuwefizutawazofowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viveironativodevicosa.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99146769940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/89240817964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ded7f0c76---kufimuwudinikubap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/wakokifigopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://truhlarstvisollner.cz/data/file/vigimiwowogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/150889966041943283ea3db40b53f543/jutejoloxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f938e677dd656e212ed1271257bfedf/18722765517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/vageja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b7b9aa01815c281c8ad69943bb68651/xejabove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/13427171313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7rgm3lugrh3u6bbqdfd793idq0/79217698733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mjq21825ahaqd40cta79s4o332/50695194355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3a8e48dfd570fbec204214952765976/kofuxirivuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/21869884515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=driver+usb+asus+x453m+windows+7+64+bitPDF 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_off0000e250.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE250 17136 bytes
SHA-256: e46968b1b883dc3bc751563d1508177696a29f17155503eb051c1e370b3c61e4
font_01_sfnt_off00010f32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F32 11460 bytes
SHA-256: b1f8cd9b547210a89741d9fa91d187aa98d7c5c39aff8282ff6c870456ad0172
font_02_sfnt_off00012a8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1