Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 017ffb83a5201f72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:08:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 42fbe2aa7dff72eddf6d3a51ccae5592 SHA-1: a6e788c5831f68e8d891bced60e7efb5697b3674 SHA-256: 017ffb83a5201f7212cb60bf93877bdf51c52769c0d3a2925965cf99c12cd1a1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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 http://daisytalavera.com/userfiles/files/63074302884.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gberwanda.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/31896855945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7d5fe6e45c---tiwewabuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.db-ynox.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90321887219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/49590232519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66e11209bb8c5ab1f3afcf0cd655597b/kiveketupotojabane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/7899064423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zenofalofirikunaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/futuramakenomufaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe19c9f578---68542169168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0l4cqaeq2nsbcouev7c57u0ad7/nefupizal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nucamsa.es/userfiles/files/xefemosum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transportdiverse.com/uploads/files/pitunofowosesirapudowaguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b11kh5l.com/ckupload/files/roxijuvigopagarudexejefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uspeh-kursk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bibatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumahbaruku.com/contents/files/tapuvavubetefozuvobeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalaircrafttech.com/ckupload/files/96090479830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c340538a91d---busufegewisowogifim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/zobifubixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095c3e7ce3ca---67788584936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ffc2e7eed---74663810960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvamontbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/72266409320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dab69461192---nezizusorewiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fnjf5pfkqhh3p7uvfhohs5dsdm/kitafibilatobupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richfield1960.com/clients/865265/File/45901021436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spiregene.com/image/files/20210815_221331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=stranger+things+theme+piano+notesPDF 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_off0000e3a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3A7 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 1374414d8595db62d360c3aefe8f0fe292a0b2a24d4b8176668bcbf38836cfce
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC0B 17768 bytes
SHA-256: ed583427b44afef8f23a4eef5423245921896771c4fe1346b7d29aa7c3a1d2bd
font_02_sfnt_off00012a94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1