Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97b8b863366989a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:48:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d755b3ca829697784b8b05ad1250f7cc SHA-1: a17adb2aca0268d4f5193ae64ba7efa6a75f282d SHA-256: 97b8b863366989a24334781fd90f23f483eb4407bfa569f1de698766c16bcf8f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure and numerous external links are characteristic of a lure designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ac605e392---21983438584.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b360653c613---fufatuwirusaxotukafakeve.pdf
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/jujaxasuwopomixogototab.pdf
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/714250d1ba345c314889c2ebf036bf4a/nubug.pdf
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afcf5c3f55eab31cece39b8a4f33fd64/lojogeg.pdf
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1b839a23f8---60964480650.pdf
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/kipizunudibavisafimota.pdf
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/153428ae20ec404957eaccc382bd3ef4/41785581897.pdf
    • http://sashtraayurveda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15876405898.pdf
    • http://susutour.com/userfile/file/4924408898.pdf
    • http://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/46425379007.pdf
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tgv5r20peai55f31qs5rl0bikh/givarosu.pdf
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aqndel65viqoslcrqir3915tmn/zobulodowozexa.pdf
    • https://ahha.az/userfiles/file/6842344035.pdf
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608094cd9c091---gupojab.pdf
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/55644214453.pdf
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jonk7jjh4i5ak2vnaftt1ihn8c/52440210594.pdf
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/kivemonele.pdf
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ff5348c45---sivofedexaropoda.pdf
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/igdi0besgh2j2kvs4qofia77f0/41894315857.pdf
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/monoziwokupomamugu.pdf
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083056ad285a---51812476324.pdf
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/xunatusotaduzuza.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=flamboyant+bed+and+breakfast
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dcab.bin
5a21965ed3dad5545f2432b3d3ac3ca83715030e94f578e57f8bcb09fa419b5b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCAB 19100 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c61.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C61 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012478.bin
4f9846afb2b46653b64613c81ae4a4c9fac9f4219aef2cf237799f368018b966
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12478 10744 bytes