Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97e71a6c13302717…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.1 KB Created: 2021-10-03 21:07:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 80d07eb1c5644e72626d35a645c11057 SHA-1: a017b7b26f636dbd0f4ddd18f6f418de78d7906b SHA-256: 97e71a6c1330271778df5eebf81e53625c001d6f99cf1ec41c2cef266d1b9c58
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is flagged as a phishing lure due to its small size and image-heavy content, typical of a screenshot used to hide clickable links. Multiple heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting the primary goal is to redirect users to malicious sites. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=c02+dragster+designs PDF link annotation
    • https://vibanghanoi.com/uploads/files/57178375521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/11515067519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at1apigroup3.com/contents/files/dekewupot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uni-farm.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sujijugutexuzolef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasciindia.com/firetech/ckupload/files/20752893137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibnuaffan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viwosodixotorolila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161314748f3d5e---98267404312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murasakijr.com/uploads/files/3625354191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/3011578448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-himki.ru/upload_picture/file/57856879114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovekhucongnghiep.com/upload/files/davipumopokokone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ebfd216c4a---ketuvupopumapor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeneifogaszat.hu/cikkdata/files/98007243029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zilet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foursservices.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/retoniwepobeleniwobus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profiklub.sanswiss.cz/files/file/62376248441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poganyvolgyi.hu/userfiles/file/5120712753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lsv-wittlage.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20741896462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613091dd4993f---64148116989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paulogomeslda.com/userfiles/file/dejepimixamudiripopefut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hockjoohin.com/admin/uploads/file/24753563364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertwestlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fodojupetelilusurave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepex.hu/hirek/files/jebunadunawololupefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruh-center.ru/userfiles/file/pejuwixigeluvarewawa.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_off0000ae31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c643.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC643 14092 bytes
SHA-256: d2c5ec4050b77d4fc2b3a92e264d22ee267947aa821242d286e40f254b3bf7d3
font_02_sfnt_off0000e99b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE99B 10532 bytes
SHA-256: e9f7be83856fea012dccb139553d6bf1d671c84ff4b4c246766c25a340843eda