Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b97d3f809d4f0c6d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-06-18 13:50:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2d50eacd02c8d81a8e82edea4175300b SHA-1: 78f8f54077c4acd25c45f9a2d5504478ed709e39 SHA-256: b97d3f809d4f0c6d15ab19a2f5a9a92a11a2dbe15f1a3c766a4c07f7f5bdb782
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'Download Now' heuristic further supports the malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious content, likely a phishing lure or a downloader for a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 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.
  • 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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+cs+go+mobile+apk+android PDF link annotation
    • http://119hero.kr/userData/board/file/52655468683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06f6022893---96350234057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b3bf4b790---pinagojosaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/15583887398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac587b09f01840b09eb3682e9a41b3a6/64820610219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d236a76beb076e7d19775bae55992050/nunitapezebizomenesuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d619223feea8e97bea7a4976da5c46b/96487387955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/satr2js6qc7hphobssmfvhoil1/46971842096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lowndes85.com/clients/d/d3/d39312ffd46aa2fbcc4e4de04d96a17f/File/27228481394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/tutokujezifizigaxewox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c25854bc241---fanol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakuragiramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/76348372045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttuc6miqgvnlmoggohbh6n8gu1/41591800114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.dk/upload/xakixifepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/16877837473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0464d0794b6bd115d06a4287f8de662e/jogez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e069.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE069 5396 bytes
SHA-256: 367206618e0d5c7f376f37e3f18eccbddce36a1ebf9958466e37adf09e75188a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2AB 17072 bytes
SHA-256: e9694783817efad1b173068ffa661dfa7b24c913f1c0105d876ee416d4e32bc0
font_02_sfnt_off00011ea2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EA2 4324 bytes
SHA-256: 0d0f64e27578eb124b8bc81c7eceacdd166e22eddd95c81328e9fbd7de2a6333