Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 973e755cd1787798…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-10-04 05:22:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dc5a547c53f3469ede3e71ef1535b183 SHA-1: 9c9d3da4b93d5da8f0f787c86df4dc589ab02fa0 SHA-256: 973e755cd1787798e0c2ea3ec0d2524439585e2bf21c60f00a176b122f05ca97
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and embedded clickable links. Multiple heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious classification.

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=coc+hack+unlimited+army
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/725ef7b3fd6262bbd0bd42d4c1556337/56395906579.pdf
    • http://claudiamelchior.it/images/file/86482073066.pdf
    • http://kiajihlava.cz/UserFiles/File/56844623327.pdf
    • http://zonweringbelgie.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pogamugupuja.pdf
    • http://kazuma.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gewisifagarinatoz.pdf
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/genojilulo.pdf
    • http://tvsatkrosno.pl/userfiles/file/3231687945.pdf
    • http://demo-jesma.shopcloud.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dabapidifaxesisewe.pdf
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161598de8ce9af---7034856420.pdf
    • http://kopdesign.nl/userfiles/file/kilixodirokabo.pdf
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///ximojusovomivokalixejudo.pdf
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161426010e8989---21843464461.pdf
    • http://chuanghuilaw.com/filespath/files/20210927031725.pdf
    • http://briztravel.com/upload/files/foxetasejiwefa.pdf
    • http://youngdongtec.com/userfiles/file/suxepuvare.pdf
    • https://bestcaps99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mifulejurukopiz.pdf
    • http://www.aragonemprendedor.com/userfiles/files/81136870007.pdf
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161343e16b69d9---12305415707.pdf
    • https://leeleather.net/userfiles/file/risinulobivuj.pdf
    • https://servingltda.com/userfiles/file/midadidesinojarukijazab.pdf
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hnuc85svdbnjqup4bal2d0a3fv/32578370597.pdf
    • http://kapfenberger-schuetzenverein.at/userfiles/file/16325851446.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b033.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB033 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c845.bin
f5ba964299dd1a7409d387aaece7357954fad49d22229d0e04ab34120717c280
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC845 14204 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebc2.bin
da09b20bcd1189f9b8a7402fc7bf3cfc6171f94eb585f33779e2100c7d874e8e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBC2 10804 bytes