Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a972c27d24f97f5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.2 KB Created: 2021-06-24 18:49:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: e24112467a050376c65f9c5ede264b1b SHA-1: 53e51fd569a8bfeea4061b8e6d2aa78237708bb3 SHA-256: a972c27d24f97f5a37a45f1b046dd30c674795f533a03c378a50baa7fad8f94e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm the malicious nature of the file, likely exploiting PDF vulnerabilities to redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=plan+manhattan+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vh82rlrtrqb36jbu3vbhp77k3d/bikejivowavulupobegejufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/84740848514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbb5e119bb---vedizekizali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/au7romfc5qr8f1bkglpd6iqq8h/kadajije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/204fda7526a8fb604c3e7e22ae294977/1799430315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nslogisticservice.com/userfiles/files/besofedokozoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/lobusesitobogusutovaziza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2354328ded07dd6151686baceaa7c514/rawababavejotumagutetotug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/firap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb9533632fa---goxutiwesizudat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/todakenakofimigekimujuris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/91856155727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/bufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/im41pqm323skqf0ki9sgqt5qde/palukekamepari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/698f3e0cee8061c3ac3bf78cd6d79675/bavajanoborevewimixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e566.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE566 5008 bytes
SHA-256: dd357de6a8a785c1a9ef399f271c85facb89f8e23d0b441b14a9c0796e4c592f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f653.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF653 11112 bytes
SHA-256: c7321d562d23b6b7bdf1b4946d5ecd863520a309fb53f9486c6a7aac20a7bdbf