Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 171c39d38b8ff23a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:04:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ec0b888bfb2be5dbb466b69af9236a98 SHA-1: df9bcc18e52c453067c746f62730add93baf2b02 SHA-256: 171c39d38b8ff23a4c8c09febab77a9b622535209387934dce27f83c2318aec3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm to distribute traffic to potentially malicious or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5d63b28b2---94499896541.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/fotivorodikasibakali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608069e7aaae2---5775306364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapmarkt.com/userfiles/file/sufaxibemebowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/68469271217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edcasys.com/ci/userfiles/files/vutigividubidet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appvid.eus/userfiles/files/naramudoleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com//fck_files/file/zebinagopumopujoxane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicentrumnz.eu/medicentrum/files/file/lorugejezivepezujumipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd17e82ea3---tavabapipufep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/57592905142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/biwijetuvikowasazato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e913bde32---5894271329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tc0qloohuk12p33ahk0ouuesrl/furesiwakirinepas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/kopobedugukesuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19c1c2517f3f904adbde66b065f06fab/81220955013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b7e4e753a---15383926543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4757066268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11b4f3e1e94127d74104acd9db62bd0f/xowurifefute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signika.pl/Upload/file/59062848877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safeabortionnepal.com/userfiles/file/naparo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832b92dbb1b---36204012886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082016b3691e---39193523971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlmarinefuel.com/userfiles/file/pufexobagobasatobabixudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=pete+seeger+smothers+brothersPDF 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_off0000c8c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8C4 10292 bytes
SHA-256: a87c857c496a9cfe25fa55fd7f2a60dd6536cb62a0abb3716ae134ee5e1df383
font_01_sfnt_off0000e003.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE003 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f815.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF815 16760 bytes
SHA-256: c09480615d23af36dfedbb9bd7749e8e58c7baee98c3ef0a59efe8599f15b267