Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97ba02aa95e8a263…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 04:18:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b573e7e2946c39c2a3566779aa69d959 SHA-1: 0b14e2e127355f669ef0c809c0d767e628f7b394 SHA-256: 97ba02aa95e8a263443bde4bb997881ac74a2537641e81255e657077019aa725
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for malicious redirection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and distribute malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cheat+engine+dragon+city+2020
    • http://bookblog.kr/data/file/files/16778112652.pdf
    • https://garraldaarquitectura.com/garralda_userfiles/files/tudojufap.pdf
    • https://edgecs.com/documents/98309214771.pdf
    • https://ikuseikyokai.jp/ckmedia/files/xokegexesasi.pdf
    • http://rockhouseschool.com/rockhouse/uploads/files/56535707007.pdf
    • http://aptekarynek.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/63313039540.pdf
    • http://greece-ex.com/images/blog/file/peridudesomiwus.pdf
    • http://vipforiraq.com/userfiles/files/pomojituto.pdf
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eed7eda22986ef4d5a95d4f070b8ae31/zopomokokamejikixe.pdf
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161400d588848e---15205983909.pdf
    • https://vzglavniki.net/data/file/14375753635.pdf
    • http://tsnpharma.com/upload/files/70760186722.pdf
    • http://findingthegrey.com/userfiles/file/40004235201.pdf
    • https://sassanoproperties.com/FCKeditor/file/dawoxagudujudezebirok.pdf
    • http://natur-pet.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75875613837.pdf
    • https://auto826.vnpec.xyz/uploads/files/titabiwutiboberajixiketo.pdf
    • http://lamexmarket.com/uploads/files/gelukajofebamumitoge.pdf
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3stcj4ar0t2mkkap6efclovi34/pijabe.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/92486862191.pdf
    • http://smwiarus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30855064093.pdf
    • https://groupunsur2.com/contents/files/64990995300.pdf
    • 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_off0000e824.bin
c8170b2633371933b0200896dedd5fa164ffe23d81dfcded5c7c1dd92cca70a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE824 10820 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000100eb.bin
3d3d8f9b614082d90847ce460482ed9b314c0143e79e5a6ac6c1d1befaff4079
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100EB 17792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012fcd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FCD 16792 bytes