Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97e2706c5d84f07e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 12:12:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 97828655d380df5f8af6ddda4a79e8de SHA-1: 87be79638b774d937bf67fca33de5aed57e72b8b SHA-256: 97e2706c5d84f07e2d6ab96eafb88de4d1150100d90bb3cce61833e550f47b11
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing and malware distribution lure. The embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, including those hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content likely prompts the user to install a fake browser extension or update, a common social engineering tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+download+chrome+on+ipad PDF link annotation
    • https://netwindowvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/risenajevufeboxaxitatonul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pate4me.com/userfiles/file/57003107915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.offshoreyachts.net/web_upload/editor/files/89488591071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satyavnetworks.com/fck_upload_images/file/43924246485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhihepvb.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109102335078563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aolisenjiancai.com/data/files/58830956434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://net-marketing.hu/images/files/53774268933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137fb008cdf0---17654189809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161334be42bb60---kozitakawubuvopanajif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevorhannant.com/defosukesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210912204651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1arbfjoe3bzh.xn--p1ai/data/files/88773430500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladekoservis.ru/files/94322762862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10404148017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d0133c2c98---57296655001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zisujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vepedososalaxebuwogagogos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vargyasnekonyveles.hu/kepek/other/file/80734621994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcenevents.nl/site/upload/files/84672626356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awfiowv.love-mrt.com/upload/files/93395043974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurishupally.org/userfiles/file/6994621677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rocksoliddesigns.biz/userfiles/file/narusine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saveondealz.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/linuzofamidifuzoxuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/kiwagojerodibifefogegul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nonbodepsg.com/uploads/files/zutebel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karatenarrewarren.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63472148310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhahanghienminh68.com/upload/files/60576179078.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_off0000e27f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE27F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA91 16652 bytes
SHA-256: 359ce5837934d0e7330bc05034204bb7b2c051463e2c696471c112b4e0cab002
font_02_sfnt_off000125be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125BE 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 12439729acac8126f12c2867c602b4d483efdeddad790afeb0af7d3c99081595