Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97472f54254a9e67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-07-26 19:30:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d0e6bb283540e51a2eddcb86ac82048f SHA-1: 6263c07bdbd9849b3cc6f0cbbcfd541efa4f5ebf SHA-256: 97472f54254a9e67269ffdd21a084a3d2a6cf30895c4e3f1ef2c8b34dc1dc2d6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further exploitation or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd7202d9e185b408b9aeaaadc9a5cb38/81061703203.pdf
    • https://aonetreks.com/uploads/file/61728732942.pdf
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8tj8lmm4mps8ttf02i59t885ul/nonegirusavolafaxapovowog.pdf
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/48444322247.pdf
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/46808689089.pdf
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/gaduguxaribub.pdf
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d762675f051---megomafinubokovezuw.pdf
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/13313380104.pdf
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776777b3be9---41850578024.pdf
    • http://zpkprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39990126259.pdf
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756901e0863---benumirenos.pdf
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bca39d401c25a7c8921b29167a77a00/kodekitabedabodatuleb.pdf
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608758675fec0---79931183222.pdf
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/63736975679.pdf
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ihl60t3a8pq36n22op9aikfq2/tafemu.pdf
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b52b15d8504---vamog.pdf
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/10102573388.pdf
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/508egjsqn56lbnumj6b8or93f0/kizumoxoxes.pdf
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/473009562.pdf
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/97162493774.pdf
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b76e50d70fd---37361924276.pdf
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607edfa437db9---55832817935.pdf
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a903e95eb84db31728b0d91cf1ecd444/25956637129.pdf
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2930f01cda11d61e0f528bfe488b429/14832792832.pdf
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/68435352524.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=subway+surfers+paris+hack+mod+apk+download
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f9d6.bin
9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D6 16092 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f1b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F1B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012732.bin
16d3cb81458681cac4962a5f613faefc223e2071047456e08e5a6f21160389fb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12732 11396 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000141a8.bin
a80c1273f73c53d7c1692adb7a434bb267adc3211da6dd5322e1c766ac633b1e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141A8 17516 bytes