Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97bfb51957fa3df1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 21:26:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 281115769046f4dc5b277612002c937a SHA-1: 8c6beab49483a4888a91e71e4ff2ce8635e30c9a SHA-256: 97bfb51957fa3df1b569896a69975d374dbf08e558de470f7b18f315ffbf05c1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or are disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it acts as a lure to external malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dream+league+2014+app
    • http://www.pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79216709400.pdf
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dkrpt6e36prf1dj3cubgebrksn/luweregatajije.pdf
    • http://esistore.lu/userfiles/file/bakoluzamajuzuw.pdf
    • https://akvanova.ru/sites/default/files/nabupisixozisur.pdf
    • https://rosebankprimary.co.za/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juwoweditulomipokafamogab.pdf
    • http://s4l.vn/storage/ckfinder/files/41747183349.pdf
    • https://dukeofmarshall.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75930774560.pdf
    • http://nikolalepojevic5.com/multimedia/file/duvolamajipevib.pdf
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210905/file/furekusejuza.pdf
    • http://shopcloud.cloud/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72933147983.pdf
    • http://ctm.it/userfiles/file/88111451907.pdf
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613986c197c80---4244253456.pdf
    • https://habibitours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22962107870.pdf
    • https://digireg.ch/upload/4514477705.pdf
    • https://suacuacuontoanphat.com/upload/files/1625704812.pdf
    • http://kotrackusa.com/fckedit_file/file///20210901_22_52_4.pdf
    • https://phatgiaolongan.com/upload/ckupload/files/65387966007.pdf
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6a511vpgtip20ljuhsdk8fnt9/xidumoge.pdf
    • http://barcelonahotel.vn/UpLoadFile/file/26594346327.pdf
    • http://sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17982808819.pdf
    • http://clinton.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/firapawegavikaxuvukiso.pdf
    • http://lepetitjaunais.com/userfiles/file/dipiladeruvaxe.pdf
    • http://zaiger.ru/img/file/fekemutubepebuze.pdf
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135a6e5cd722---90261617051.pdf
    • http://onnetsolution.in/userfiles/file/78175776369.pdf
    • https://ost-fogging.com/upload/files/12059034238.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_off0000d967.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD967 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f179.bin
98be7ec44ee2a0eb0e7f038d93318f2fcb5b71d19269b73876edb01983245567
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF179 18164 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001205a.bin
43b4bd493c5a59ef92a5796ca1e18743f14dc03e4f44a069af91ad883c05ca97
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1205A 10484 bytes