Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97f4a9f974666bf3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:02:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: bed815f3f4986f0a4e64ebffadb1f017 SHA-1: acc941cc8881c410aab7712c3e43eee456b265d4 SHA-256: 97f4a9f974666bf353da6913d05621292a9df6a6d049ed483174f45f4d296eb4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing pretext. While no scripts were directly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for malware distribution or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=everstart+smart+charger+%26+maintainer+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/30898897652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/dogotovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/fatitakaxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizung.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/41400975941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcaps99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lokebisokotojod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13fad5ae514f8f15a0cc6b0bbb47219e/sejoxatetix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mk-sito.it/uploads/file/79684615431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/123da3d259d23bef3628bf1ecf807e65/muxugoxutefelifuxamuliki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-yang.tw/taiyang/upload/file/56568813811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac3054dc5c3---nukaluxede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4c8fae9522---lodokuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pepinieramontana.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dapometotenoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/53091257093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spitalmoldovanoua.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40110313334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/85833265327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdba21e445c86ddd18773a2063532e3a/99218147556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161078754ec316---24574764864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c557b796f05---sodadamosanuvotovomeresa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1107c3153b9a6b3b6508cf67d439ab6d/73727186174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc20b6a53d---21853485575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viajesalaos.com/webroot/img/files/mifevagudetuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/767f617cbcee543a9e368c9e17d20e1b/tukovazixunarufoxilifofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jli3tpg76iu2838nsg8acdn8c0/51217620961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58bd7b9e9488e95a0b99e861fceb2005/tuxafenisunil.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_off0000d254.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD254 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA6B 10364 bytes
SHA-256: b38ca595a7ba6a8b8a53b31e04a7a8e5bf1637cbe79021155ef9d1fe0045a07e
font_02_sfnt_off000101e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E6 18104 bytes
SHA-256: e1e620a1c4b42ae24c87e54f8a6dc85a395ebc1fbad8514dd3273066af5ca9ba