Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17128da0c845d915…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-07-05 23:44:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: da9654baef58743d3d1d50f52880a033 SHA-1: 1ba020eaf6052e1bb1c7af951af6d40a55ff202e SHA-256: 17128da0c845d915cdd2d544b7528c1f0816fbbdf98ebe68bff21a72477d66e8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or utilize WordPress upload vulnerabilities. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL targets indicate a phishing or credential harvesting attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+amazing+spiderman+2+mod+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f80122732---40331227113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/21842640821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a46018c3ced---gagivubepajiwudobexogevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6d087e24a358effaadf9af0473cbc9d/jefunijidurulobulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5bfe37dc3---jiperobenipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608143a695e6a---57879606399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b04a12807---jagefumafasilapuzerupid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3a9657e67---latos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carroll1975.com/clients/4/4e/4e2b018d07aaa5a30c3e4fca1c7a8df7/File/wedilupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc4313b1f36---vosafovizuxejupabisasales.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1cfe589fc5---fobitejetenafufirukajuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/65263877408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6cc48dbc06---romijogusemapixupix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pf5boo9ugrummk7m1qbqausk84/zilevexefuvazebifuwosabev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/927197a5e4fd70f9f834ab12c7a5ed18/vavisemebarolonadopopiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1c58da58970f4e55caceac7b508604f/nonipuvimaregizurob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baa30110405---vujuwovewulodoligewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608221f11b887---53615794425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfed43cb7f3---71438865475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9323421b4---vepufirexesolelorik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/28145494423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/53193140728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cnt41akcor40ek8drbfhr47kbq/laloxalojolabavuluko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/99061222310.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_off0000f23d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF23D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A54 11064 bytes
SHA-256: a82f3f3ce117f222ca2c1b586c847de19bcd9c1d3d1920e5e048e981c20109de
font_02_sfnt_off000123c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123C5 30264 bytes
SHA-256: fc0eb1c6903bcc6895d9e07bcf64c847ceaf20f470303f5f5ea45f5b79b71485