Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97c4db8ed5b59fb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-24 16:29:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 35aaa1b91aa892610837ed5464a6ee47 SHA-1: bf3d4841fe0fe0f70c015f2f286a6aa391ca16cb SHA-256: 97c4db8ed5b59fb15880b7b9b6d578378cdab0f1ab9b2cb6f1c171144b50d168
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URIs pointing to various domains, many of which are associated with link farms and potentially compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+fluid+mechanics+robert+w+fox PDF link annotation
    • http://eiak.org/upload/editor/files/wesadavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essiac.cz/UserFiles/file/xezexonijumutod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangjeom.com/userfiles/file///76557001531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/kizum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/712e2187a49a81c2a625b11e62f6d87d/1254867208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyzoan.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/gezuxigusalelufazopafos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charolais-hessen.de/write/userfiles/file/9596034723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fac37680e7---30295930665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibonatura.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xufemunareri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.com/app/webroot/img/files/bemosejamuwumexewari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsgzb.com/upfolder/e/files/20210921093743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sujatasfoodopolis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foladusijademo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khaskhaan.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/tofibogoxuxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph789.com/pinhsuan/files/file/kopuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecowaytechnologies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zolidilutirul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart.sut.ac.th/tsme/src/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gurameves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osoboebludo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62686487946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svenjakretschmer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vabifamejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161442b5d985fa---85981930304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seteo-dechets.com/images/file/64294160761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/lalunanabisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/322092c06b433017fb761997fa039941/mapunovopuzufonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614da698b87a9---kopufigugexerani.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/vakiwaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b19b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB19B 17028 bytes
SHA-256: 96c34cabc937bb0c05fc9641b1a9931c4d3810f82cecc7d1585550cd36f06666
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDD0 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 35367cebc0ff760473fcb120ec7e42d28ec3b878192145bfb90a584ac42c924b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1