Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97b720edcb93b781…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-24 22:07:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 12c0b678fb002de71f4fcd8bb1e6450e SHA-1: 82dea7476023a64875489684a50872e733f4e6dd SHA-256: 97b720edcb93b781c2cce4d56ae021655ee570895cabd36ade3e553dbcd96b7b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicative of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 http://dxline.eu/userfiles/file/nezifitamu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://antoniolescio.net/userfiles/files/10280452487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/2789804949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cd877bda59---69431229929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgc.to/sites/web/upload/files/gazaxigazepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flomogroup.com/upload/files/34396832445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/56783742518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ex2010.com/uploadfile/file/2021090421031673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexperte.de/userfiles/file/7114132676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueparadise.pl/userfiles/file/3487116903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchung7.com/upload/file/84047036299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/93246531875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2aa3c53f35fce72c23752a13c9b5ba2/zufalorikalabetefetaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicolari.it/userfiles/files/34487016323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucsangtrong.com/plus/files/xopesanizudefejiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deeringbayrealestate.com/userfiles/files/63287084072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/texajatekova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivetripper.com/userfiles2020/files/nesevumezejex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f93854430e---radajuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanvexe.vn/webroot/img/files/nitoguxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papianiarch.it/userfiles/files/80040363765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///34731232158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9285886249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141eea8afc40---tenosepivojozegisek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://change4best.ru/upload/file/namemukuwiwugukaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyermo.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/21620373594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=nova+legacy+hack+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000b2ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2BA 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 067cf6458c836d01a6a8c3c3e02fbc5fb105cd86c48c1bad139fc32a298f0b00
font_01_sfnt_off0000cafa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAFA 15836 bytes
SHA-256: 6ec2ef82d2873b0522b3389a5b59886e1f80c2829b91c83f45892009abbbf6f3
font_02_sfnt_off0000f31d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF31D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1