Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97a24aa10b5fcb86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:14:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 97a3d266bd8a7fa9c1abfb58ce89d864 SHA-1: 6893f0a6cb645fc1abbbd07fdd9bf365f4088204 SHA-256: 97a24aa10b5fcb86936a76f8cab6ee16cc8bf1eec90ba390f554eb98c220d006
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload storage locations, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the heuristic firings suggest a phishing or malware distribution workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://www.texaco.bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mupamafegededazejisugu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://examonline.org/examonline/userfiles/file/31443506181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/67157934662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a5d35a49d57e41fb19d579d4c615a5c/matipuwitepebazuzosomuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfs13tn5oeurtr0j1fm5u3ktov/zikulema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/rutaxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k97rocj78si8h40vrmp9pl8td2/jawapix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klm-co.ru/foto/ck/files/xusigipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bba5e74ba6---zedogutajusikamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086bbc4777c6---gavareregusanodevuxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.first-classlogistics.com/image/upload/File/palemidetotodeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a822a17e5b5---57257055159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77c558ab23d1fabca0101c216f3593a9/95125981103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a5d39aa700---53560185202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bcc005d64---98619032356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7c12f0a612---44764494106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u6qaen5rhcugnnlqj4kb11o75p/supagesubasokifid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namthangbasaltstone.com/uploads/image/files/58117484918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b655c0e57ec---93158615670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607255a8bc28b---damadixesoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5522f650fb---89185201636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/julugalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210802203357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=inverse+operations+worksheets+pdfPDF 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_off0000d6ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6CE 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 7f8243db9b00272c05978fd6974a93b4e148248eff6311c602a6f90b092f232b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF87 17484 bytes
SHA-256: e59de95b79d0b652a2dd1ac520aa083e9d1726d8697d2d335bb553202ef18681
font_02_sfnt_off00011c99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1