Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 170ac1d2cf90fc28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.7 KB Created: 2021-08-18 22:49:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 27295e7af24f150c28d9a2b4a4e9a8b2 SHA-1: 6448d767aa11b36915331aea6f16ea80cb87474b SHA-256: 170ac1d2cf90fc282a40e0088aab8a20a7ad54df853f1196bdb04aeb6e19e004
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic and ClamAV detection further supports a malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://chetaomaynganhnhua.com/uploads/files/xarexeluponad.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://transfertrolley.cn/d/files/6866310286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91honlgaon9cm0b31en3d2v4fq/jenupogitexujutesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linhkienhunganh.vn/luutru/files/danigurijubox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shibbirs.com/media/files/97870815810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lidho03a30mt7v9avhef4kdunj/tuzasujewabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719b77f29f2---dakuvetuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m4vpptdsk9fvsdosdrr50nmho3/begefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shadesvalleymounties1969.com/clients/868959/File/furixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szolnokepul.hu/userfiles/file/natapowulovazazemeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detikakdeti.ru/img/file/kuduzevamavixam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2a752cb584---36957522488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasciindia.com/firetech/ckupload/files/15162199115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/rupezulegunujomerumiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sreema.org/FCKeditor/file/85483245653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/jojozijeretilovudob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c91d32b8a2---ritoxabeguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8bf00d1133afd88840e13c0f669a332/909982356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a254a59504c2077f2b03bed966bb12a/wiruzidizif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/21367166576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guptajimarriagebureau.com/userfiles/file/72160985880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnkingdee.cn/Files/file/2021527194333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yhbinternational.com/userfiles/file/52452403404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.org/imagenes/file/99404563545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=discord+server+picture+templatePDF 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_off0000d1f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1F4 16448 bytes
SHA-256: 3d431a695190e1b9bf842fa7e53e061fa58aea4547ffc8922f9d4ad7a2d5bc2c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC57 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 703c4e6fbaea347157bf83c13d31d5f4c6d1f8e3ec974bf1e493f7fa64bee24e
font_02_sfnt_off00011513.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11513 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1