Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d97743e97d56a92f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:43:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b158855ac09d4ce3b51b66d80cce5507 SHA-1: 2de76e8522383c5904eeaf7edd8db118455ba7cd SHA-256: d97743e97d56a92f29ee58ec81f140538c2ec7e736b7395c9c4b1cc8a6c0218f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. One URL specifically uses an IP address, suggesting a direct attempt to host malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5e8fb8d36---6430424118.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/22207579334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///45871329923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.studiorosaliabusco.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97474394432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/zizidazofojoko.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/dopudiboguwofopivib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fezuwijetovutureju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da9057913b7---xazevenilewulafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphanaturehk.com/userfiles/file/kukusulakebunuleledun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075875d4b79c---91261745721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e5e1bbf5bcedb5e54f74f10dea252d0/4565738884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t1d31io7lmcg9hr18385psddpk/dumegexivutoredijawidopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870f69b593f---giravawalulitutikorifato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b90d819f084---getadajekanogosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd12f91c32---zenunidalawubuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofupingame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/nanatisubulanasofevigiwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/fazanutuvabumakudero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ede28d4568a---37252971050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://em-mould.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lexezet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soportedevida.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/favekosijijepatagox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e790a21b6---9221920583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leasingtowers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95422855397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/56385709051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=sickle+cell+disease+pdf+2018PDF 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_off0000c24d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC24D 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 0946d4050ff9e626d954019c4ea5dc118923ab8e7931b20b4401ea1397c67f61
font_01_sfnt_off0000db8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB8A 16236 bytes
SHA-256: 87af8de203904d8378ecea661ff79247aec74d002e513104f7b9ba28c5b266e9
font_02_sfnt_off00010541.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10541 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1