Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 017c99c5c0d0865e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:27:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d0a5155bd16f5dcb98d4b990d0fd5003 SHA-1: 4efc0824e1397f7c9f0f947e51ec6941dba57087 SHA-256: 017c99c5c0d0865ea8042b2ba6178d7aa98cb95266f57df12d29230c60ccea61
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its small size and image-only content, typical of a screenshot designed to trick users into clicking a link. Multiple URLs point to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a distribution network for malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to a phishing site or download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 71 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793d1d08235---gijimimefuledefi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075210d0927c---bakarekevepakavefiboduxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/mafojupezefejisanosit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9c8526a5ac---zaximitulalasizamikejedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42a6e8c21740a4e15411ed2770ae357e/mepexusefegusilepixivadij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://star-transform-moscow.ru/uimg/files/99284849900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b147c7a9f---42099513151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cableesmaltado.com/d/files/ziwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topaldanang.com/uploads/image/files/18368016891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://queensflower.nl/clientfiles/bitalatewexapotuwirozude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7e1a2160e758cb474f740807587abf4/fowetarizewikodumanin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ruchya.com.tw/upload/files/noriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/207ce882d9e45d805d1cd64e52572c42/zepodizuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayxaydungthienlong.com/uploads/files/files/1400832474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2cd269d12a---28586090463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/supewevivitawevozuwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/sajapivuxegajodalolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.org/contents//files/zasite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/zunawopigavemufujukani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naveenent.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/ruvuximoxokuxegivudifat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de41b272a5b20948cf9ece143e6890cf/61498616481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/44680530309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d3d154efc---48744542494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/399922a183f7b07a8e119129d2e25655/sifusupatoneliwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vantainoidia.vn/ci/userfiles/files/18048822134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bk-plus.at/userfiles/files/40701164619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=online+jpg+to+pdf+converter+in+one+filePDF 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_off0000bbe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBE3 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 047caa5a8b47b12215b56a531f46a71d27e87b1fcfd8c84bea51283dcc4c9f81
font_01_sfnt_off0000d43f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD43F 14108 bytes
SHA-256: 9821ccd6b33970031a9565dc2c7cd17280f9f8ca57adbe24f04e68592d1ef026
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1