Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d97d4dbb1ac59647…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:05:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 91d8bd5a3393ba80c2c97b8e13b1ff7c SHA-1: ab5c2bdb2281165b1eeb6b1e51b39a6d7eebe617 SHA-256: d97d4dbb1ac59647ff974e8f45252ca76dbe46cf8bb481c2991330f276224345
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of numerous external URIs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and link farms indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=aluminum+phosphide+poisoning+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf3f90bb3b1587d3cab37496b4c93a57/25264435695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed5ca2215d---73768483736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/50698796052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf3eea88267---nimojudiriwegokerukafene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac37521df1d---benepusevukimutix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94171608097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoradiator.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/59276231498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/takoxurusenej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fee64577a4f---14120233195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/wenesifejafevib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringnederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36392961075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161219620968fb---6107600484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6290758974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/jimosonorewoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084351e9aabc---viragonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przyrodnik-kujawy.eu/userfiles/file/9647054395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab3f8e5eae---24331081121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winfielddeli.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16157793246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lose-weight.tw/upload/files/dotuwagavak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/bexobolivedaner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajitutorial.com/admin/userfiles/file/kusanozimasemexobomuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fnjetvvbb84a2ecm457mqu2o4/kewuve.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_off0000b47f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB47F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC96 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 8bc3500cd23eb91e24679087294b16ad59e8b652db9e8d223f62a9b3b8de167b
font_02_sfnt_off0000e48a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE48A 15904 bytes
SHA-256: 171b3d7bc072f495196a96b1abf5aebdaaac7d7dcaf4011041cf74eb5d63b9af