Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97ec29614a5d5139…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:06:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d276aa60763c07acb66ffa7e72ce6369 SHA-1: f37c6cd764445a2ab1cf1f41e84a6ad5271b1cab SHA-256: 97ec29614a5d5139d508f8fdcde57cacfad83ce1f0834cb5ba3061a17543f759
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. This indicates an attempt to host and distribute malicious files, likely through a phishing campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 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://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/josoxujase.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/pivosumikoluwukejuxuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e74f1890e---luwuzukewafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/52060155767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamday.com/userfiles/file/22554667976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westernstudioservice.com/admin/userfiles/file/mezejafizonejitamitoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/97257427801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splhardware.com/UploadFile/file/2021072510313873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/12919189864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8067acd04673bfa16532cf21610f66f6/pisasokabinetusanixabum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa166150a4---wezuwujonuzosesedunupep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63c05365956c81daaddb0a91b79b0629/fovepujurapadazimuxujapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sostrevalli.it/userfiles/files/80159753902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73917013579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamkinhdoanh247.com/upload/files/32449753781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shian-jin.com/UserFiles/files/purasifejebobuwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/resej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/zukivowitanamaparijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d83k8i65mi1k47tpanslsvr3gm/56867423047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valleyrestoration.net/home/apf/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17201355959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zap-interactive.com/uploads/files/54432370856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocoseatee.com/userfiles/files/15429111525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/jisuzetigafotijibok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=monopoly+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000d7f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7F5 16852 bytes
SHA-256: 9fea0b12a19d086ddddcc83df4a6624db37367ab2bc39dd5570ad981667233fd
font_01_sfnt_off000103c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C7 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 69a0a994102838ef0d81cd3fa264ec2799bd90c9a1adddd218ef0f6eaa716305
font_02_sfnt_off00011b3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1