Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97b24c0128b99acd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-29 03:36:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5484108c14cb8f272223c30034c6ae74 SHA-1: 2b54037339c5a100e99aa62aa5d869c10ca5642b SHA-256: 97b24c0128b99acd6ea8725dc3963861f587718f2719503654f31fec03ee8ff5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The heuristic firings related to URL link farms and compromised CMS uploads support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+sa+mods+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76821729182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/gosedat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transchem-tech.com/Uploadfiles/files/25117283976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alharithiforcameras.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91448937735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteyourstaff.com/calisma2/files/uploads/17759576304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161332a07c60f1---91863395331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crocepadrekolbe.it/userfiles/files/vuwigituviwulusaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportcity.bg/webroot/img/content/files/digujigekefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143fbee5c71f---govadunetasevakel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landtop.com/filespath/files/20210929050644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potravinyav21.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16308779309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citrasas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jufetefewilotekuzasad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b8da235918---67099883370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geniodelweb.com/file/608037644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chretkinia.pl/userfiles/file/29357215896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f1b7d12a13---86164837004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galedo.cz/www/data/cms_files/files/kikibinopalin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chemicalengineers.ie/images/pexofuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gkatsov.com/userfiles/file/fivulipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f68fcf370b0af9327c92dd4042ad7c9/50202925246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/volaxufejowila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uflo.edu.ar/ckfinder/archivos/documentos/gasote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optimizecost.com/admin/ficheros_fckedit_subidos/jeravuvawifuzisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zvezda-rostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35050815948.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_off0000bb82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB82 19468 bytes
SHA-256: 8a288a129736b6990ff254607d0cfbada91876f43b01dae264ab43f3a37b46be
font_01_sfnt_off0000eef5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001070c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1070C 10448 bytes
SHA-256: d50c5454caacb05861944be83774ffab0cd586bda310b5ea89f0a8f0e53beb40