Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 078e17cdea0553fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

174.4 KB Created: 2021-10-06 08:27:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 614b29da9aea0204b3dfa0c4be6cee64 SHA-1: d72ae69cd8b8cb04bbb1a821aa52cdd43f745aae SHA-256: 078e17cdea0553fe85358796794eb72771b0f59b148d04fae73ee372aa15b0e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=new+political+ideologies PDF link annotation
    • http://reguitti-engineering.it/userfiles/files/powidiputowaxizetoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoithanhhang.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/gubifemomofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebbacninh.com/webroot/img/files/85893177486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/86751077147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://draw.pt/home/drawpt/images-editor/file/wokekibepeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3087984b6fe5f004ed6406c7e5bf9eb9/76619708608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03dfd2ba861f07955bd5c74c7f32ef92/30974808049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/647793410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkathirilaw.com/userfiles/files/43419629929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangguanhardware.com/userfiles/file/juzudis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iaido-iaijutsu.ru/userfiles_exc/91626784058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408c1fc4d51---juvokarireku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/daluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daliangluyinpeng.com/userfiles/file/gafumanaxefedijixulotazil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhtruongson.com/upload/files/27619524042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itnetworkconsultingsf.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/30496502519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dondepodemosir.com/userfiles/file/porajuwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stormester.no/files/file/4129493607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://letstravelforacause.com/miet/assets/files/545963556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pasaru.com/upload/files/266829129.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_off000241fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x241FB 22412 bytes
SHA-256: 3f1c6fc81ac60ee74d5ee8cbc6fc008041399395a0834e2fe15fda8577173ad9
font_01_sfnt_off00027b8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x27B8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000293a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x293A3 10548 bytes
SHA-256: d4237a2015db0b5b0636214db61c01c444904f34b5c5db77d82b1fcc8544f468