Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e97bbd1d8dad312b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:28:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f4ec75855005c99986688e3d07729ddf SHA-1: 6e55f0ee29d84ac0e25060656dd9af9b9e4ef387 SHA-256: e97bbd1d8dad312b7b803c1dc3727cef1e061ffb8f63d6ae4396a39f9acefd3b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, a common technique for distributing malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to lure users into clicking through to a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111ceea86c97---30043996021.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13554442386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadeco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/wupofaleniponepemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenhuffbuilders.com/userfiles/file/kafamudafagogudotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723df997bd3---82321248413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130e5477c3b5---32248523281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/12043775919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/752d5a89518e8e9f0e322a2f591c6c17/39716519319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae8uloqol22467gq35i0phus5k/83099489718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/wotunerufogadewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsva.com/uploads/files/72476032704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chief-moving.com/editor_upload/file/fenukakimefataborob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c07b684230d344a18caf8f20417f4fa7/manizagogezosikuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210731/file/kugumugikeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipic.vn/userfiles/file/34972502967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160918957d7227---bebifepetidufimofawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdoby-betonowe21.pl/Upload/file/34497788458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57d67fd6abad02767da334dc980d0906/73159595202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africa-emergence2019.com/userfiles/file/17827743443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shangrilatheshow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zusodegiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/870dlj3ppl3f1tr38ee24g12u0/xupapepuwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gustosandvic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60353670106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demo.wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/beregavaxixivolatunudobon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/files/bomomufirevogaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=allan+kardec+el+libro+de+los+espiritus+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_off0000d2a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2A3 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 27768a52a007d2836cb97add2b0396404a29094ab4f3f4ed66d4cfc3f54c0031
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000103e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E7 19740 bytes
SHA-256: afef44de68263fe8eca36bd25cd87e980c56bc9687b322784287cde8d9d742c7