Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a97bf052848d08f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:05:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: aea103fd25c9c16bfdf4e792c25d00f0 SHA-1: 7ccf30cea71ae08b0dd2afbe6499f3ec9fd40e4c SHA-256: a97bf052848d08f9750b8ffef04a9ac4e41cf0c997a972e45fc98b17dc4ea0f8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classifiers also flagged it as malicious. The presence of numerous URLs suggests an attempt to distribute malware or phish credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cpm+to+cpp PDF link annotation
    • https://hosrem.org.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sovukeseranoramib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcd152297fb---45311233751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbsedupatti.com/sbsedupatti/userfiles/file/mojevimatorigulodijum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/biwasojizuwomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80f5cd81acfeb72294f444815c9bd30a/xerarenoxafoxaxumetebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilaide.com/upload/editor/file/fufes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/27601125405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/68212524054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nm-union.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82536877751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/87196686813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleni.cz/userfiles/file/30677751839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b24b5f1487a---22138316938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b768f06baae---71624056859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e8eeafabac26678334507ef07eeccc7/lulomemoxelin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/491eba65779211a0301588ead63d61e4/motulevaxuwiwenenabakigan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3437805ba75f729d93a0ae23ccfe30f/lutesewikafepupawajumex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uceng.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/73697286264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/vexopewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088586782a27---50620168333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/zodik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evrenmentese.com/upload/ckfinder/files/rumadoxedezazogez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f23c68ec1---rudufupogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecoil.com/userfiles/file/kiter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e40422cf31---42097646134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m295p6k3e3sbe621sb73e1j1b2/jonegeradokidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sierrahighalumni.com/clients/878712/File/48961014588.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_off0000ddf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDF2 9764 bytes
SHA-256: 4d264ef316a55287a29d8fb7a7525e01df6cba4b1252f7eeef30a9e0f93c7312
font_01_sfnt_off0000f34e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF34E 17728 bytes
SHA-256: a745d8326a31597dad3938b7010a15709ac6260151bf48226cfa03cdfbe5e613
font_02_sfnt_off00012183.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12183 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1