Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 172e4d66b9859d4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:33:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a92fed00047a85615f02ca8fca95497c SHA-1: 915255ab6c5c1b9f273550be9a6db5b74ca0e118 SHA-256: 172e4d66b9859d4f5ba7d3eb1608a16e21b6c10bca5a9882eaf8079257ef52fd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is flagged as a link farm, with several pointing to compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the document's structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02b821d5e65e0dbb6b2916283af136d9/noxelikogo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://effektfilm.de/files/file/junufudewux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/pukekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanomax-nsk.ru/images/70839474712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chaletsuenodesol.de/files/xujasidesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/010837aa6542ef936b619bcffe7572a7/33707099573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doorsatyrau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tefazuxinopadosarap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rofevefuluxodegom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semsaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/burakuvitexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9239a255ad893b14063edc2a10e17217/20413058714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076af5239aa5---56934957779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsteelstock.com/d/files/noxibofenikofagosutig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kd-council.com/upfile/files/dugekimubupinujawib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projecthouse.bg/uploads/CKfinder/files/21696377389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phuketvillarentalandservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88460469969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd6a9698ce7---murofibisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b71c8cb15c---vuzufesamuvafozet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28c52f79211e850e9adbe432b2648f4b/58371608354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780d1cafa54---43716030628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bikusinizuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhocxuatnhapkhau.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/55843690119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sleepthai.com/piceditor/file/25846416887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gr86hf6407h265knk54bnqd0a8/tusebupolewasozagujuwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimecostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/68754703204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/11045949697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=drawing+on+the+powers+of+heaven+pdfPDF 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_off0000d856.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD856 17352 bytes
SHA-256: e989d0b08b293b116f5130dc5dfcd7d284f990e502c301ab329cb5f120d50d5e
font_01_sfnt_off000104b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104B5 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 80b830b59103e70ed44c31259c8b7f1fce027e728566261efe887d16853bb3b1
font_02_sfnt_off00011dae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1