Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97e28c34b70fa358…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 02:51:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: c18595aa316b5327286e8f05b08aeee1 SHA-1: 57da2d944216de89ce52953649aab138d33eb190 SHA-256: 97e28c34b70fa3580d77e0587c9aaa78910cdca85be60184f6d0396cf3aa1b00
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of using algorithmically generated URLs on disposable hosting to obscure the true destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cube+call+recorder+acr+old+version PDF link annotation
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/asqmg6nl8m9ch632bl2j33q7st/pudira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca0bf78a15c65e6af6a5dc0c4d8d07a4/3961395367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q45tl4t48bpbkkcs2jsb58g4k1/46468986280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766564716d0---15873532670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/85621555646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-oilfieldequip.ru/d/files/ruzegexujatewogofadena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/meb7mnu80qc79omcrs8lk6508d/17973972715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c62fc135ac---31841146649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607377832e72b---56922962141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/dujonorikefozakukexeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/nokalogewemuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/ziteterusipodemifovene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/muvuvf65g4re1cu3bd7jmb47c5/8799317337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607937d999e47---befodimunexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theleadershipworks.com/PO2/UPFILE/userfiles/files/87331305483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/73067734318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0160a8fcac---78894453344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43307b5429---mezilezopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/366d5f51e6f245371a20eab6069f7bea/4513062954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c691d356878---wafidixexenerujagizujam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f12710f78af934003cb3ec20f0fe12f/89346744183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d39a51156a---62190120055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irodori.kir.jp/files/file/5604934420.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e6f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6F8 10604 bytes
SHA-256: a08a8f040525ad24398bbd8467ed30a3e9029e368b90ce54a8c9239b37252e49
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011760.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11760 18032 bytes
SHA-256: 76b3845099d98fcf730457408b20a57048b6c6f56bdd7c38f91f08262ed9d22c
font_03_sfnt_off000146fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146FA 16220 bytes
SHA-256: 649555a43cf1a87a20afaad28a6a06c2828108a09991283ea91d2f89fef04ae5