Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c97110480149ee9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:59:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 29201cd440e6cb3c2aa760fef016705a SHA-1: b108c86748ce9652ffa9fdb4b3fcfe0eebe5a042 SHA-256: c97110480149ee9f5329d7fe26094440cd46fdf1c1efae38607b94c4694ed325
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it's a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript stream suggests an attempt to execute code, likely to redirect the user to malicious sites or download additional payloads. The numerous unknown URLs indicate a broad distribution effort.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e6c707144f---naxibenewise.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://burchiellati.com/file_fck/file/fajoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.knickmeier.net/images/pageimg/file/vujukeson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zovsh.com/Uploadfiles/files/8490586403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9873974c22---22222976792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/vugunikefopupininufuben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzcil.com/uploadfile/files/roteridukinikonijumug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105ebd771933---xolugotagowup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/nuwoxubomoruseduferiveni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiairservices.com/multi_air/upload/userfile/files/30611639119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27pc4os992h64gtfd9l5e08vp2/54153901041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/734ec62d34e6ce062a023a7acbcab653/bupevaned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senhewood.com/d/files/lejoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b1b117851f---pepaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/75368515858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ru1iamf2ivg471gag46vpdvka1/gemetakegoxenojevaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1c04c916753c25e5997c35f570789df/xezolinusawaboludevesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72fadc5f7df3639e48ecc7575b9207fd/zumikovaxajuxotuvumanegej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakesideterracecondo.com/clients/41361/File/teduvunuzasivimema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/93223726395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-plovdiv.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/masimopunosixetabedadikut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/74119625245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a08bf658992---14609512412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/48759725193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/89844642010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+become+a+better+graphic+designerPDF 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_off00010929.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10929 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 1222a78731b757d41b90f6245cf0eabf43c683c8758d2a99d58edde8680553ff
font_01_sfnt_off00012290.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12290 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013aa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AA2 18004 bytes
SHA-256: 3d70bfa60820924de6aa2069ed5f090a9f4657cfbd7a926dd35804e99f8a86db