Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97e66eeb76430e07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:19:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 62312ef4e71b66ea86e4b5767fc83a8f SHA-1: 1c3b69374f9975c86e66e0700d23e00d25f213bb SHA-256: 97e66eeb76430e07d654e15eb534b20dbba2dd9684fab7c983a76437895a4d96
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer, likely to redirect the user to phishing or malware hosting sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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 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 http://omni-links.com/images/blog//file/92695575531.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b47f39ceb7f---70807500520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victoryelectricalsupply.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fipofodidupix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/dixovuregijisogivege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newdimension.su/userfiles/file/42554633904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a39c1efdbb99bc7c549f84a08ba2fe0a/mukozulutev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112dd1665b35---repivipuzuwodosinaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incucinaconalberta.com/userfiles/files/fijejukikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be5dc86545f---pajezututovewavavidim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glbtrader.com/userfiles/file/vojovojirowugosawegisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingyilin.org/uploads/file/84420699086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/29312741211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kupowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/46739301128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/buvidotifuzowivefonut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6cb424de43---15167206772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velkoobchod-man.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26807540590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612df7d3e6685---64699211257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismart99.net/upload/files/munuzag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamxaydung24h.com/upload/files/92757734827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/feletazeranunut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b79723d3d73---62708716359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/80309452434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bd7dbc73cdee81bf190253a7bc16023/94719355473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c59f8c720eed500149f407617b62fbf/mivelixepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zegidekemefoziperekomejak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=in+minecraft+how+do+you+make+a+furnacePDF 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_off0000de26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE26 17192 bytes
SHA-256: afea957f38159e3c6cedfd1de09ac9df31bf62d94d9eb74a747b94b713df0f8f
font_01_sfnt_off00010aa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA9 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 261b6c8be83e10f07872e95419cb87229e6d6c9a69140902b6dd5904f7da1c0d
font_02_sfnt_off000123a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1