Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97c1d158f9e61ce3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 23:50:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ffe57747c22581911ceb560169ebad7a SHA-1: dbda47bda5683e7e423959a9276f525c53ec64ba SHA-256: 97c1d158f9e61ce3a8199d92ae47cf08b7b8f14eadfb9d23deb7c079639a8240
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The file's structure and the presence of multiple external URIs strongly suggest it is used as a lure, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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 http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c662850c2---92026548281.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/036640b8fc9c083fb88090847fcc4022/xojozanuvonuzawod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finatwork.com/userfiles/file/mijujosofamuberowirukut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77slg9601ub480n7c6t20hmb0q/61535403638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074012b975bf---89729682961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caded112ca2---87956040086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bf1b9f1b8e24d0b0e9b6117d4f84c58/74116233188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c11890d4f7---punotixifisofogemilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608591057b17a---1272268183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vishalahospitality.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zinozakipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808fe10a469---84245762663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandersorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/5097297735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/10817199165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/jasajanop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/653a7583c4c0a1a7b6510a0b241883bc/79766320354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/dakizej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05b1263393---5840430134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7fa53d9054---lafopefigagowarafupefidux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edt27nk4mtn033b849v5mb5o7r/94307243884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607052d9ecbc4---94909719119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8214c81db8c099c7883c95476ae342e6/26517297277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966dd299e46---52654318663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emailposte.com/pictures/15697121570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5bc973911---24841311659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48ad60141f6914955fec2235d1e65a98/97494485873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=portrait+of+a+killer+worksheet+answersPDF 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_off00011b94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000133ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133AB 10492 bytes
SHA-256: 414e34f86c8aa8d21bcbd1b53b337b4cd4a60cdfbad1022676142ca54050434e
font_02_sfnt_off00014b86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B86 17596 bytes
SHA-256: 857b8892da581f84d2148d580a93c3e2fbf7afd8cc10690c71f324bf20d341a8