Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 170e4374deda24ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-09-18 07:58:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c7e72780cc440a633418ab1cfbd41c09 SHA-1: 8c356a6e7a29e0a4f0ac5289c26097b0e1589c86 SHA-256: 170e4374deda24ef218d42ef0153fc3b89633d35c7141a520a8b1c4328594c06
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads, indicates a malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support this assessment. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to execute malicious code or redirect the user to a malicious site.

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 http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/33469795607.pdf
    • http://gzcaifeilai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/202109022034348271.pdf
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99120399871.pdf
    • http://antitumor.org/filespath/files/20210914163148.pdf
    • http://bezpiecznamlodosc.org/files/file/xavigiz.pdf
    • http://senvietsystem.com/ckeditor/upload/files/ziniwexijotulidazelusa.pdf
    • http://quaretti.it/userfiles/files/pazoru.pdf
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/jupatinefunosumoxebagupi.pdf
    • http://stavclearing.ru/upload/files/49297776052.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbndn5at.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/lugunuzuzaled.pdf
    • http://wingmanresearch.com/userfiles/files/6368805903.pdf
    • http://balaton.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/ralujefuboze.pdf
    • http://aaas.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/misusugijabimo.pdf
    • http://nzozkrowodrza.pl/uploads/editor/file/55897274749.pdf
    • http://xn----itbbfrdrdbd4bgy6gi.xn--p1ai/webroot/files/files/vorugoremidonu.pdf
    • https://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1ai/files/file/3356701046.pdf
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6shcoos8fsn6sacbevj3dvnuo2/34978056238.pdf
    • https://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/95422335590.pdf
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cm06v1pthsjj17ucudfv3mep3/48355644511.pdf
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b3bf8cfac3---mubulexofi.pdf
    • http://tafgambiatours.com/userfiles/file/pobavorewomod.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=super+backup+and+restore+pro+apk
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kivitafofufuvaworeg.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ca10.bin
080d017b497a1292edd02ed0242d8d6b6700df015b501d2011d39496637bd1a4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA10 16224 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dff4.bin
9d2bb2d94384256bb38bab4c3005c13f44a8b25eb5b232dcefe64ad24aae4b51
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFF4 1868 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e8ab.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8AB 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000100bd.bin
bee0efcb8f77a4b11e726b820e56ee289d926eca88911e1c2334099645187ddf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100BD 23536 bytes
font_04_sfnt_off00013bf1.bin
66d89e0c6bc88c95a9e5fdc43d5ff5b48d6f3df6a80b0ff45b3be7a5181950f5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BF1 10776 bytes