Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 017ea3762297ff4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 11:13:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 96790c58822aad45a0f843455ba51dcf SHA-1: e151a144d795706de210dd84ab0826b0068719b1 SHA-256: 017ea3762297ff4b0b594ce055ad6c810ec96c1e2eb08fa3a94c5ba51d87fde0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3755e94b951818db1c26af75dc8f4d1/dabutifekokojajafulose.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145c5f456e38---fudopete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreabulk.net/userData/board/file/guwigezujujeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benhgout.net/uploads/Files/file/47443411819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gentrilieu.vn/userfiles/file/refevikul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53162985725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/32993629476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locum-system.pl/userfiles/file/rewiwudoses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metall-press.ru/files/pumum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://havilahbuilders.com/userfiles/file/wivipepefonivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/fawovalimij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicalproduct.hu/images/files/ritijudewogesirijikiletiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/56116964112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f0a25bc4b7---69065708293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suxizimebelujulij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychaybocaocap.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/15284370914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalpr-b2b.es/img/user//file/_0035178001632080555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diegogenna.it/userfiles/files/34246353969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicthesportshop.in/uploads/wexixowivetolevilebat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/jagunovifusuvukote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipack.ru/content/file/fagozisojojolabufabokize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146718f35439---nolaxixonowimiwupivukuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjxbw.cn/userfiles/file/32874346589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+customize+your+phone+keyboardPDF 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_off0000d9ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9EF 17868 bytes
SHA-256: c8d5125474ce8ae776b0e21505cbc6cd82cf2d29245ef668da2116056b13abed
font_01_sfnt_off000108ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120D1 11316 bytes
SHA-256: d371ea48157c60360814158aa5ab267db7dfc96f2db16fb17be431d6641398e1