Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 017ad789b99604aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:22:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: e134ddc32ab085b385c4818ee8d4a4d5 SHA-1: 17f57373ebd58a7a5c17e9f9daa11ea8bc9cfb34 SHA-256: 017ad789b99604aa5ecab0bb357088b2f43ca1dcfbcac25afb59aa6c7d93954e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of an attempt to exploit users via malicious redirects.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://monuments-msk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6a81d1eeaa2b7f470a701c62b5c4e52/nodumejar.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b732160bd7064503e80e878f32bec83/bedodima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecoil.com/userfiles/file/fuzup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starsunited.at/upload/files/86390047428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091708a3b460---sigakarulotovuxerub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dv85hloajhpcr79dd17lliih1/75614549573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ede7d1162e1---55272556235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naves.cz/res/file/zapofowasimisarawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/22041616049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jnap1q7rkld18a6k5vdphmvauo/44085322815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0be17bf2cb---84608721704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ee618b8853ccc7122fe8e2fa9b736e3/98147215071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tara77.com/clients/46590/File/vedaxekolaresesamivikizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea503e429a---90844535158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/ferafolised.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5de5c733c7---55895446654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/tewobiwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-w.cn/isee/pfm/cms/uploadfile/fck/file/gawimubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tungalag.mn/userfiles/files/xanevexawobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igabana.com/upfolder/e/files/20210628050125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ad24340567---sinonirejepiwepus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/1033092793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353f6e7be76---golerudefuxumojujudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartstone.ca/userfiles/files/83712352871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/37533663058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=newspaper+article+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_off0000e15a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE15A 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 01d317f4d5a1b260a5dc39c57e603df8deca61f8160102b87b810d9365ebcd4e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF946 17344 bytes
SHA-256: 49d5bffc178128507da78b3254e08ee4ccae5ffda7780e8bbbf70e5201631c52
font_02_sfnt_off0001265f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1265F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1