Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97f53efdb05a8198…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 16:02:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 94090ee8d5ba249e436443191746dfa5 SHA-1: 82ff06c35d227e3a1683d6ef2dda2f10bcd81818 SHA-256: 97f53efdb05a8198750bd6538e52c7e13632d18087c398ce65151e2c55878c60
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external resources, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the attack pattern of luring users to download a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0985ba07a02c97ec63c04608008b794/59485782066.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/sazejasekikumeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shacklefordlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/69034877960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3373e888a27b05bfe0ed3859f47c2828/95671057322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zusitijefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/bildbank/file/kawutawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getsolarny.com/userfiles/file/fogobewazulugeluwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmkb.org.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29112837312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63266742785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phuketwebstudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22774566260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rspon.pl/images/wyswig_images/file/74449023432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ff1ee459c---90075856568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holcom-wd.com/webroot/img/files/xaneweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotykbylinky.sk/_subory/subory/63436557126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seosanhrd.com/userfiles/file/dedawelewowejiwejaseraber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tupusabidux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hlj-vibration.com/uploads/image/20210920/files/20210920075716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mallorcaboom.com/res/wysiwyg/file/50185633201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjtvina.com/Upload/files/20890959159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drxzhang.com/userfiles/file/52104397829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://33podarka.ru/pictures/files/gatofewabarawexupijidufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungwoo-n.com/userfiles/file/15145931564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/suberujesolixedupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=is+there+an+update+for+this+phonePDF link annotation
    • https://www.thc.gda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pogebajonolesugubiroroxep.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_off0000d8dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8DD 17380 bytes
SHA-256: e2eb33cd61cab669b50f733fb41703ccbca20f60efe2afd7f625bd4d166d6287
font_01_sfnt_off000105af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105AF 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 7974a4115a9b6624957d87f4942e280f9aff7f6f42118095ca9e541932b44e2a
font_02_sfnt_off00011dd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1