Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 173237c17e39153a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 02:09:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: dedb0c48e9e391da9ca9571dd9666398 SHA-1: 2e68570872eb7c4b393a3d213bd9295680bbea84 SHA-256: 173237c17e39153ab69d04cae03908533be422166ffc146e580fdb9dd01fe752
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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.
  • 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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+profile+stalker+app PDF link annotation
    • https://rosanaalvarracin.com/userfiles/file/rupowexevawedana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifitness.hu/userfiles/file/80083152357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rimsball.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8843994186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://27061010.com/uploads/files/202109021930132896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b10b76f4a2---35917499455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anpo.vn/upload/files/bazidolulidefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ownlines.com/upfiles/file/6652624384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b4f55715a0---sojurozaxajosibugekufatex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-con.ru/upload/files/zoduzugapekokerovadobifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11669020267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newbiesites.com/userfiles/file/15754826361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ottopianos.nl/files/refoxovarowurisage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328c7a6db92---wumuvetileravo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anm-av.de/uploads/files/laruvegafabiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refpecsbelvaros.hu/kepek/files/50142398560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korealabels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zekulaxivimusizaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89684867172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/balevafododadurizat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133e6f82b09a---18555755184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trungtamgiasuhcmmq.com/uplaod/quangtri/files/81483355010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robedecreateur.com/img/files/venipemovabafukomelaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8p5vjafndmdopi5dkfvps70t7s/74808268919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satcomlink.com/userData/board/file/jetumasusalun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laurallo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84880640494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.whoamiandwhyamihere.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kijubezovigutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miet.hu/kepek/bijusewud.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_off0000dd54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD54 10316 bytes
SHA-256: e4a2f0e3995cc06dfb2c6520140f3836f45bcd89bdf9bd5f06c0f0da7d6eaa81
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B1 16416 bytes
SHA-256: 368b1acc8b5f2c667481645ea8ac1dfbbbe2bf059ae1ad7a755063434d7fa961
font_02_sfnt_off00011f4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1