Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e97d32bf674d4382…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-08-25 09:30:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f6411d919a0c7d86c06cdf169e2a55e7 SHA-1: f89e3b7843534f4b6e35867d8d4ca720b0c017d7 SHA-256: e97d32bf674d438266d7941bfea442aee052f7bcc8768cc012980e37db2eadf1
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 or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://warungmimpishio2.com/contents/files/taxudunidak.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asvpp.fr/pdf/6736900996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/vixavukikud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9cb8a00db---44484355475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pajorozosufuzovera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113acc0f1626---pamavuxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metal-et-verre.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/koxibivok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/tulomazov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/77094520692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobrofab.com/clients/d/da/da7cd3953015cd63472398095fc1fcdd/File/kotanibowakesut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russia-ex.com/6808935895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuabaoduongmaynenkhi.com/img_quanganh/files/42713413981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kfdgneg3gnrk04msqp8c8ps29r/74829367106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a58f55c4d54---26803588872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13105694461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084411063611---vetigivokixomotak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adfd748b88ec8a5039e24f4937f66836/botefomotefasepuganorol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e705363911dc7cfbf6c2fb9cbdbb8f4/vizebovepujoserijamagizup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/files/wokema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/tasomiwuzurafifeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8c54b13eff403f6cc4306adc0a2126e/92789379955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6a9ce5c834308f422f62ee10b74d132/vuxakomokidepefibagupasut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d7095e73d4ab6fedc810b613e1188a2/vebomabugodokagizojuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/30807327026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=first+certificate+book+with+answers+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_off0000c6d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6D9 16700 bytes
SHA-256: 08215405bf97023bac525c109fb473079a9cc49e5cadb7b5942e4754d6c86784
font_01_sfnt_off0000f137.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF137 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001094e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1094E 10964 bytes
SHA-256: 4437e6e7f14fc252d84a4e931cd3c68656347622cbf39e5471c94933ddd07d56