Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 977e5c45ef5fbb98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-08-25 01:05:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ccdbb621fd89fb85d2e5f066cbdb1607 SHA-1: 37b8d58f2578cb59a48967f27231dda3fd84a609 SHA-256: 977e5c45ef5fbb986e2c1637a943ee574439c476315e5b2168de10d985ea3a4d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=treatment+for+slipped+disc+in+neck PDF link annotation
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/59511923394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9303df541c97c6ff1f6036fbb72bbf8/mejikejawibafife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964b524f6e2---debijewigabinux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franchise-vietnam.com/app/webroot/img/files/fimolexed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irantruck.ir/data/file/57076179434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/64094305192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrybusiness-crm.com/ressource/devis-photo/files/41276633180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8594647545---najezalokuluzizakesopaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6nl8bh757gkall3bh6et726c4/xufinigipepovobadaruwenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfb1e07984---zebejezuzolox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/filuvulagazukegeximukab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e00839eeee---momegon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5698b013e6---bigizevewufuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfb2b.com/userfiles/file/34247336396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.nl/userfiles/file/4802166144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c32c483d6---87387310825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2bd1a8d7ce---ziwarolurowesodadabur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609885efd22ee---pufisokoguku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d9a6c4a65b993443b5c8caab85fb1cb/48206767953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tumedipowolok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021070906501780554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rogobiponebevexikibivesas.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_off00010315.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10315 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 7b610dff74090a113c22413278927992b5d62ff7a2d732f264185e9c0371b3e6
font_01_sfnt_off00011c10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C10 16916 bytes
SHA-256: b1d9ab66a939b93e6a9f08aa6223c9607a3291dab2d72fb8d8a393f3dfdab21f
font_02_sfnt_off0001481e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1481E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1