Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97aa713888d9160a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-07-26 06:57:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 699f514ea7af99e1b6c404008d48d5a3 SHA-1: 6d5aec525ac7e4550e6cb212c047ac14e35ba644 SHA-256: 97aa713888d9160a4d59e1ffe63ed53979a433d8dadc289f981d7943b75f73b4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing form builder plugins for file uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and link farms suggests a coordinated effort to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a7885d982---52537359420.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608070e971088---95569724425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af1ef9587b6fc241ad9b6c7f1bb2b033/senivogufibanaxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fe50e8f02fcb7f44b0a0da32ecb9d8c/sebenitopeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d56a29a475---wiradipapolujorulunedoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/weguvobuxirebij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamennykoberec.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/24771602213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3588ece895c88aff60a9c6f02bc7ec26/pokemikomizorajegedoduzar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/knkd9qjl82f3061tg8k1rh2mpm/43254328391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d632666d79---dejexibuvosawilejotopigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/giwamafevumotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45eaf09d67---89398269993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://publicbridge.pl/userfiles/file/lidojujotilape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd96bd8179c---27695236722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/kekatom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pbk578v6h4rdc9dgb7u0ma3n89/26604230820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f05d11eb7b490c0b28ecb65a30cc8dc4/50844760307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/io17sh5a2odh5gu2b5ircjs6v0/39994446991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608000a1541a2---61568850438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.syrahresources.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tarepujapoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e093304672f1b8456ded1faaea56a41/doxosizakaguwalevevaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/51391733212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabo-meccanica.eu/userfiles/files/76541530075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b0a308eff1---64202913300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=ms+pacman+free+unblocked+full+screenPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/80170878026.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_off0000ffee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFEE 17456 bytes
SHA-256: 7db494b41d1f9f195c40569313b86ae2ca801704c5099d7497bc925d581d01e3
font_01_sfnt_off00012daa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DAA 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 46944b9650d426af9329d64dd3983a7e32238b78a58f0cfba2a7ad4715185083
font_02_sfnt_off000146b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1