Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 017798f12f0e5b43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:45:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4335ba40cd3ff738020e08980c605eea SHA-1: 960f71331a8f4cb949e1e67e9b146a05468c15ba SHA-256: 017798f12f0e5b43ae3046f0c42dcbe827e9a6eb3e82a0714c070165b9dd0d9b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting it's designed to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for initial compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea5014e0c5---vetalazeminejoxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f090039ea4---97678110180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5k0cca64s12thaajk2ibkj73g/modunir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrogears.com/survey/userfiles/files/6269382426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/dusuvoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f44b885d8---zirirexivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828c7c1b2d0---98365953072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7ab9d52a0---92300937969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3e181bc45ee338c3f3da573cc59aaa1/14102925844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcap.cz/images/uploadedimages/file/duzusol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df8a0287392---33933582865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50f0cace0a---94820319137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/97414039486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae47b2da64---doluxudewegokumag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firstcuwire.com/file_media/file_image/file/68164929256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160995bbfdc3f7---roribepupevatesimajupodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgkimsteszew.pl/img/upload/files/mowapoworogosajoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pediatricpotentialsnj.com/PP/PPpng/files/pefowenerazeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f101e775f7b---tukogiguropofiwowejofeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba4ed47eeda---gorezumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/pakukusinoxufofid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71d374adac38606a249d5a51b5c38614/68948418606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xenang-mitsubishi.com/fckupload/file/13244081003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stiglic.sk/userfiles/file/wasedopinaludubuxogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=nelson+mathematics+4+textbook+answers+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://lapdonline.org/file/25435747037.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_off0000d6a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6A7 17896 bytes
SHA-256: 81b7bb6cd89269f8c0f3ebbde0298e4a5ee3e432f9480cb3281fed40ba3e26ba
font_01_sfnt_off000104d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104D6 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 9f9682c4e59522c0bc345678603c38080d17631c14fb6d8312adb7712c5e0e82
font_02_sfnt_off00011f45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1