Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 171f954c3695070b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-06-30 11:16:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 6d63e3e50615bb2b25825251181ed115 SHA-1: 93759204df2aa490453b37621bb4721e23d9b22f SHA-256: 171f954c3695070ba153d75f8e663a988674cf91d03cb5417043c31f92f589d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier also assigned a high probability of maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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.
  • 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://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d488a5b8c6c908def2d1ddd75725fdb2/45842359839.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents//files/20824548129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/47658780232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10659943d3---85659877976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/815bf830e316b0204f89dac5766b41fa/56619610390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d28643b4210---45308359141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jokdjm5muj66nsl1mrfkobk8l6/dawopugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774a429725a---revawexuderilufifenazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e2c93e600d451689db884bd5092b99f/20444361043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdrowejaja.com/Upload/file/kikokune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/gumosigagiladileviguti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793946038bb---3488249251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a00b592a0083fe64a8432c16d2ff7a8/vogagider.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babywagen24.de/userfiles/file/8291490837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872ce5ccf2f---29181695276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77820e3421b2790e5b6e225b7791cd1e/24719596221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a25ce771f122ad777c57ef49b85b43b8/kasokemusututuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78bc3e95847237c7a1497a8d54cabc62/80474569825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c9b7d8e9c531419075f93abb71f1f6e/sujuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/98105173992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/11942396994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2105051734056930562n23sn.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nonbodepsg.com/uploads/files/96094207364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c260259d46---36811870172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97a00c0990218613b21f92f6c424945e/8876928931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6c41fdc55c---toxepet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=environmental+pollution+and+global+issuesPDF 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_off0000f688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF688 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E9F 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 642f2a0c0bedc2bf2e237aef3b9c385696ee086bbf0304de43d113e50e335213
font_02_sfnt_off000127c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127C6 17620 bytes
SHA-256: bbb153c5372969a13b1d3964563be17b653a38adb258b4c97c33ae39eca3af5f