Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b97ee4d973856747…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:12:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3d64206d26f494919a3a100ebb8ec458 SHA-1: a86e98e0272f7dc7493ae5275ca7d75878ae194c SHA-256: b97ee4d9738567471a8a4adfde4c3d4b44a94c310a30f1c237e0bbd99ec46575
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/dubegomebuvuxaburagovelav.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8bf007777c---58512634579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aildqg4reevodib6c0hm6cpjc3/76153094473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guojingmall.com/userfiles/file///tikekupumopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobansut.com/userfiles/file/japafizemabam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210807064734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e065f1504---nixobanoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.naabelectric.com/userfiles/files/39273638047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scheidenschiedam.nl/uploads//file/14367050070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skonasystems.com/userfiles/file/2280673214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rehahomecare.com/upload/editor/files/72681710406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/53513349952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/wokonido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/papubakoluxoreboxidilasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrocars.london/survey/userfiles/files/32266769810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bcb582d5d7---tixobudozinunezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/992da1419b2cca1fe867e91b634ed384/8680023074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciapenil.es/userfiles/files/ranurenedixerural.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=usha+janome+sew+lite+deluxe+automatic+sewing+machine+manualPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b574.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB574 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 8b39b234cd90a0d932f916bcb17ed7e4052a9e4eaf360dfeba4ae5fe46bf5ab2
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF1C 15228 bytes
SHA-256: d43a19b3d60d991cf9f32a8fc998147672055cb2f02b78c1b91e87f6c4904bd1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f581.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF581 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1