Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 170373b0db54bf38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:07:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 57c8bcad9539cb4c018b829d5211a781 SHA-1: 1e94f89db9e9b9c7f6409640c5d34d1bf6cc1b42 SHA-256: 170373b0db54bf3815521bd7b5ec6c5c1890b3d9d56c3b04b3434c4129eee52d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://susta.vn/userfiles/file/65800436655.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989448c245d---35585033345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cee78d2e113---66371449046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/53697665340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anaminfo.com/attachfile/file/raposularewek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/nevuxago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9q5lnmcd72slk8ia0schl7jq4l/walosedugatudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110e046be315---22383282862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/tufixomuvor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/76957336384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/56620412783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/95663108208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f05f91309674e59ae8a4aa2d12c06a4/62921638374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2rqhftrju3mlfvkdgrqptjmlve/momalijobuwudederuxeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reniuved.it/file/nabiguba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caa63ce014---jujejuxufufeguvugex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelrealerimini.it/userfiles/files/94187989010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/2896617737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a70283535a7---65736494348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161233bbac2487---zizewifavovutuginap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diakmelo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pogakavirimozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/bememenerikelajilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tycoonmedical.com/userfiles/file/43179408955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/gesutokodon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=ichimoku+cloud+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0001069a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1069A 10616 bytes
SHA-256: e6301f29e8a29d8a375bf8f4a9564a226b6fa96a13a3f625e86d5438aafa3f78
font_01_sfnt_off00011eab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EAB 20900 bytes
SHA-256: 81ee208e54c6c95b1c2462962bbbded94aa2faae06d511466f56db764edc849a
font_02_sfnt_off00015597.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15597 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1