Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d97238add817fa4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-18 01:08:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2c3a25c5c286c2d79d35d7971fb5d832 SHA-1: 1bc8445d027f39505152e8f56916a154a9400490 SHA-256: d97238add817fa4dbc8ab9c63ff9a7a66ca0fa6b9c8ed8b3bdc23e4622cbaee9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm on potentially compromised infrastructure supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d1db79d074978c0dc019ea504a1d043/nozerokuwimibatu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c91e322ecd---vosakog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/losadalinajisim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddf69d775b1---zenidulevezaxemowalutese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bartuceviri.com/userfiles/file/59897843298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a406192f0fb---38221002694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3k3u281nbk8bdcftl7mhvse350/74381821349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/49099165152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/xizutikirenutega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddb2a1ab6f3---gixopedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8733f38bdd---lokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sy-smile.com/upload/files/41611771440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ps173queens.com/clients/10779/File/sekuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srsheicha.com/uploadfile/file/fosuzifadebego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/15379671211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piri-piri.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88118465914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terrach.ch/file/pibazibanorigado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4cb885ea36d5405ba65fbbb3b9a140e/31460289942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/90549255820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roomyab.ir/basefile/roomyabir/files/sevomeweseradotemujad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robotics-institute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0el2b0cc1bfivjibu0ep7s3thi/21334747312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf95619e78---26693838938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dea9cd49d1c---baliwowimusinesisoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoutreach.net/clients/e/ea/ea4f28bd0b090870cbed8536b6d1d406/File/28740950164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=is+either+singular+or+pluralPDF 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_off0000e7f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7F1 10584 bytes
SHA-256: d5ea448c96d10bac1949d46433d59ee28e38c524ae06be3b4e7a35a64eb4c765
font_01_sfnt_off0001000b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1000B 17072 bytes
SHA-256: 68a04d38c82c4200e96705862fbcc3a67d085f2ae8da3164d9d60fa42e24f3a8
font_02_sfnt_off00012c75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1