Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e973cc9c1345bc2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:07:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d0e53acc660249fc01deced667f86c7b SHA-1: 6cf8b95f8336908dd9a4dde24c27934cbfcca9fe SHA-256: e973cc9c1345bc2ed7be3564eea0b417ed8916848550e9b76f65a3b719631c8a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as a link farm. These links redirect to other PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage download or phishing campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cd95b8a97e6918772866d2d10197f72/lusisufukavodiwovimod.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/okmdnrlv6onq6q3da44lvbhrcc/50490673505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anninh247.info/upload/files/fipajil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madspot.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48987036868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddade012a50---tunonatalupopasud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altus.pl/userfiles/file/52466026775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santevita-bg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kixofawagedewowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89797890003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704f294dfb4---somigezewaxiborewixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycolaborativo.com/uploads/files/ganidokiwirovifukevoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e8800508af8d1de0adddc7e600d413/67493548249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609107f818e1e---2729785206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopuzomisasaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntschoolint.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/33320949473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.net/images/blog//file/88188369131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamaskitchenorder.com/uploads/files/95505440651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centroolosprato.it/userfiles/files/zakudexiwavexen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65c4514cca---29924593029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georeno.ca/userfiles/files/gopurakisanovomavedumume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47fb95837b---nowikotopunowega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849c703a450---mumojes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/14340413162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bekejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=gastrointestinal+drugs+pdfPDF 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_off0000bf89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A0 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 3b7f9c891e84186d090e8e15ea7b535d7ae75482dde17d350373a40caefeb4b5
font_02_sfnt_off0000f075.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF075 18012 bytes
SHA-256: 6ed419b0cc36b2d447e1304e869f121c4becd720afbc87c897ac72fe561011c9