Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 974212d35f00df30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-13 19:08:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9d43047034eaae4ad06af7716b7bcfc1 SHA-1: ccb1b48e0dba0a654823df2b8f3284a62fbde64b SHA-256: 974212d35f00df304d41a98ba265736a7934595eb23855fcbdffcabf4c12d1b0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The embedded URLs likely serve to distribute further malware or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=protectores+de+pantalla+animados+para+android PDF link annotation
    • http://actybrain-consult.com/Upload/files/67727735573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjengo.org/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/wedefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3gr-group-com.gbintl.com/ci/userfiles/files/18366932551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowie.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/fuvodikikowujonajedajuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b7f642887---vakerefufugelelij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/76168265556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r21jr6s0gvhu4521f98bee826k/24021815746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suativisamsungtaihanoi.net/upload/files/1551882882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/86263701749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rpv-drachten.nl/files/file/9643783187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagunaapartman.hu/images/user/file/87381268985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giga-tronics.com/userfiles/files/fajovebedumewiruvavaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smwebtechnology.com/arishayurveda.com/userfiles/file/lotepumupubavopovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sierrainstruments.cn/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/upload/202109/file/zotolavefatilufobapux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-macedo.lu/userfiles/files/gegunirozojipuwuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/5240947656130f92a30c6c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613da796b55ab---48504461677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://depcip.com/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/burugagepovix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successstudio.net/userfiles/file/xapesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b903337320---gejajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightningriskassessment.com/ci/userfiles/files/29794470167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzafjc.com/uploadfile/files/loguzorutelaliximadis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liepasmuiza.lv/userfiles/library/83163063948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/xezexolapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czechdidgeridoo.com/admin/upload/file/97771772554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000de27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE27 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 03cdd7f1c2df8ce1ff486a9122f94c73b8a843eee619b2070964901dc431b6da
font_01_sfnt_off0000f696.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF696 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ea8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA8 18728 bytes
SHA-256: 100db741fe0981fbc027f0e3b7a39548b843a0efc6e1ffd353455254145f8f80

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