Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d97f5f43227dfa81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-10-02 21:49:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 232aba320bb2529a9764b64467ec402f SHA-1: ee024caa57bfd9f13120e1cfc407e042f5214dc1 SHA-256: d97f5f43227dfa815d8b20eac40c358d116ad3f156961ebe5302499fec107875
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 are identified as part of a link farm pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The heuristics suggest the document is designed to obscure its true purpose by presenting a collection of links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=exercise+of+preposition+for+class+5 PDF link annotation
    • http://neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fokatejelokemofitomukaruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surestegc.org/documentos/file/79897342564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/kevuxemitajufag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agencesramos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161411059baef4---20327465116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksmt.edu.np/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87542745020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jl-vacuum.com/upload/files/redinigofapumujes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j792l91rdndeho2ufhi9i9gsfu/73844594528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinabailey.com/upload/files/ziwazujezisirebinuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimecostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/14044056655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320f99477f0---zezinipuzamikaviluvizunam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153a5949c335---somogowudofafaxekumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b8337e2767---81218501198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-cso.com/upload/file_folder/file/33985979188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatyzvule.cz/uploads/23070563384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyoujin.com/UploadFile/file/20210909010445673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142a62c2d366---65129749275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oguzlarotomatiksanziman.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/dibubojoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villadelauca.com/userfiles/file/29071331800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/jasetixavowuludovofuvezeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sharon-barron.com/userfiles/files/sijatulesufenosejojagodap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artc-polymers.com/upload/images/files/guluze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibmaxi.ru/userfiles/file/bagijomojigozufileti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--zb0bw3kv4s8mn.com/upload/fckeditor/file/daxepetopukedikosuko.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_off0000b2f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2F8 14516 bytes
SHA-256: 73b40363a181626b65019659deb92893eea48b0c255b4829c33379f4e368f619
font_01_sfnt_off0000d779.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD779 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 088c34474f2030ed6df09c71119f19b68592378cc1e14e044c444fa08bf2ce7a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f035.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF035 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1