Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 171634cb7558286f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 18:05:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: aa741b24a3e0095bd56e3b872a4db52c SHA-1: 2f59433483add6225306296b09ef89aed6d61017 SHA-256: 171634cb7558286fe79dca9a527e8188728ba80c3b24e2ffb530e9ab7b1e2223
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identify it as a PDF link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of numerous external URIs suggests the primary goal is to redirect users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce4bdd8a87c4e0730f742430aa89dc75/61917378060.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59e7b531e84c76c3765ce56928bc368a/78953758891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burelomdo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19196750873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufcnagykanizsa.hu/userfiles/file/navenezosedixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c02efe6175---93764960678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/84775577828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conomiya.com/images/uploadedimages/file/xapuradibediwugubefeduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/85092138165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c69e548f37bb8d5400c2a75d6c3b7fc6/63466553095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lepomepigizesimaroroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dialog-seversk.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lawovefadit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609458bc1c998---497244681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/lisego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c76f7106365---wusugerixivoniwezusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad7e8e329d5590fce701c0ea5a45f149/92968178983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakakinpump.kr/fckeditor/upload/file/dukugukomepolejulinabopox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucpb.net/userfiles/file/zekafotobif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/vewexuvarexuxulir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a84bb7f12---29154917664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hhrd44aep971von3rb1re6t1i7/tisexomamimagoxipikegobaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shipnhanh247.vn/asset/files/66459607129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/zokokalered.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipadel.com/userfiles/file/gezuferiruvuladuwewabumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae93b86860---92633835944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pf9nshkr6jk4gjmcvrfnaunl2u/32594204411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+old+ig+messages+backPDF 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_off0000d03c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD03C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e853.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE853 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 7168cbe46a8a23e9825176b24b65ec8d4ad51bbd455c5d3d7afcbdfe8c73c95e
font_02_sfnt_off00010125.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10125 17648 bytes
SHA-256: f5b21592a2ab301659ea90ce687a4395c92e61d49784c9c853ad425225ea00ac