Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97cf0f78f3d19b8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:19:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1ee9748ebdc0fd41501a85b133c5db2d SHA-1: 005c841e26bee82e28ce914fb381b97f380dcadc SHA-256: 97cf0f78f3d19b8ec2738c0ba981bb6151d7da81207244f396445bd9a031c4b1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of external URIs and PDF link farms indicates an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

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 http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b64eaa6693---neganigumefufiwewudakijis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/nifulijudebogeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/92486837779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d93128899f30b7817b6b0c2f29b9ee95/6798665315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/wisedonebalirumowazip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winecellarkeeper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92765695788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87c9d9644818358b4013abea07ed5663/60686952078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33niv4u1c3q3u6rr8q037k00p1/6146843711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarosi.hu/files/file/dewositiwobatizixekimiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biharikft.hu/bihari-admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98013140460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrdiborice.cz/erucom1/files/files/2371850459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798b709eadb---nevugelepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optykglowacki.pl/obrazki/files/gejogevagopisisukifixunam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071521eb9534---leritezagurijosovinarolux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o2opr.co/userfiles/files/gexunapigefuvizuruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jualumnitoronto.com/editor/uploadfiles/tafuwojoriviziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flamefitnessstudio.com/cewit/images/file/30820426320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charontrade.hu/data/file/wufisemukox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenithmetals.com/files/jusiwirikadiwemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31b2a5230b057094245c867b37626c9c/45667710212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaldizzone.com/userfiles/files/88177521451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/taxeguru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakefruit.com/uploads/files/202108152200448234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aed343c4f59---52518672483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+increase+appraisal+pokemon+goPDF 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_off0000c5b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5B2 16700 bytes
SHA-256: 0b17ae959ebd25b5c2fc7b6325d2b87b85ccab2d2c6083adcb19e7d2a929a6bd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f098.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF098 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000108af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108AF 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 5a667c44ff6f303489d6e93233579054fd0659bd02b64c7d45c5e186ef954ce8