Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b97f202062f34555…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-08-27 22:37:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d523fd329a45755b0bce9cddee62388d SHA-1: 6b6278396dc08c6a90d25bb5e62909ab36ab8d8c SHA-256: b97f202062f3455579f71a113aaab283c42db0d9ed65cea4e960d3c8f5cb7a53
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, further obscuring its true intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=higher+education+emergency+relief+fund+2021 PDF link annotation
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ro2mg48a43uf4ekrfnuubhiims/20058702308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/xorumelake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210528/file/61761502664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackivy.pl/userfiles/file/43528113658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://506hlapeta.com/files/file/pimepudipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalthailand.com/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/62216255321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afcc3a293d1---mugavijuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/rofagixadeninizika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jj2k7am44ulrsdj0tgum4su35n/votodawebawetiwesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55567018819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8117f6b55de70bd0d2b6972f7bf844ff/jifurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonezawanet.jp/units/24250/zcycom/files/jutibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/ruwizamepozib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/75866499560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casasholidays.com/scgtest/team-explore/uploads/files/sosolumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a12dd1bef5d3aad77ccf9a5dc24a78b4/jadowajojopufepeximavime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/109966914660c25dc5796f7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/19118705923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d2016cc43d2dbe58f731036343299e5/dibukovevetimage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calhi1977.com/clients/879053/File/gojikogabulosolamom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7c669f959459776afdc40356f123fd4/73481284971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a98e6d96b---12108890151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610bea087691c---viwodafufitojuzazolagir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdanhaudio.com/luutru/files/voxefufazofewalejexina.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_off0000ca03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA03 11256 bytes
SHA-256: d37fc3719897e60b2dd0320d6c3e5e30a6f2f50d28ff8c82c0a820c3f807f589
font_01_sfnt_off0000e40e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE40E 15828 bytes
SHA-256: a2d03efbbe6dfca1cf9ff22ba99084b4937e1649f3fc8e9a91d0d3b04c8315a7
font_02_sfnt_off00010c9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1