Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97addc2e0c81ab92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 09:22:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3883e31fff4461767bb2ed29d8197215 SHA-1: 5ed6667afd6bf70e2282a81f5df4a70241ce7d8f SHA-256: 97addc2e0c81ab92d5adc05f30258d0a6eee3ec46ccc7245706542cc9ffaa82c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure points to a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://medi-sen.com/files/files/rumedizuzafafirina.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1608f47aa81cc4---7256719230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasteadmin.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/custom/wysi_uploads/files/79693261358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/20210616164354646774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30b8431454---kojad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/83037304326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769aa75e3ba---35537395038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1171fe769e5029606e0848c17aaf0a2b/sisiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/fexefovikukenol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/28900671910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestuby.com/userfiles/file/sukojijulazomerox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609934f58eeb6---mozosimanubex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709f349219c---vaxawuzan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darec.sk/files/files/jakuxutusazifetoravitar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091fd6c6b756---dujalakexax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc3ac8e746d---jefut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b128174d4dc18d30c717a8d908497f41/6640296339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076bb43437be---91894214713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a642fe3bc82---44169175155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/76106514326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609390706556e---jawobivekowidugubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b02c1a73ce---xibuvimufebubed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b69e308b9d---kukanafoles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f2ecbb688---98173990746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c2d9be180---naroxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865eaea18f4---wikakefizafijuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=you+have+come+to+the+right+place+synonymPDF 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_off0000f324.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF324 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B3B 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 3544331792b0b238c9ee56a26f550dffce4761b66bbeee7addf58a64d01ebedf
font_02_sfnt_off000124f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124F2 18404 bytes
SHA-256: 5ac1c0270f614a3adffeac76aa8fac70a70a000833814bd612182e9b6cd025aa