Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 173fef088d183bea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:03:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8f6579c9e3f2b782ac0919a603baf27c SHA-1: 82f556c8a511d61899b24546629bcaa4e560a82a SHA-256: 173fef088d183bea21ec1ea432a503882a6b4d7c89b832156d6b333f0e132be5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the overall structure and URL distribution suggest a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://dodatnojamstvo.com/userfiles/file/fiwidofitaripufekarituru.pdf
    • http://abimobiliare.pl/pliki/File/favopipijotazesadogizod.pdf
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b9mamu0lrnpt6um4p1cp5funh/xoxonefazodijeg.pdf
    • https://onlinendttraining.net/files/55142305.pdf
    • http://ahkkpcm.org/userfiles/vadof.pdf
    • http://cohensevents.com/clients/74638/File/gamowunokojup.pdf
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/75658865775.pdf
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ditixasudixizobefas.pdf
    • https://kultmotor.hu/images/files/damasugudarifi.pdf
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/kaxizezatetej.pdf
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5t29mcvr35j0e8kd9idh73jod5/rajuzebini.pdf
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cf933e926431126cb034302690b49dc/28138967929.pdf
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65b2d9f101edd3fddf2cc6c9f4dc51bf/73281060770.pdf
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59819651413.pdf
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776ebe78ecf---58172181713.pdf
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/87025226757.pdf
    • http://jyotiacademicpress.org/uploads/file/21293787382.pdf
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85f5fe2bdd---govidezu.pdf
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853a8fa69cb---24378024893.pdf
    • https://southwestlooms.com/admin/userfiles/files/ketajefa.pdf
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16c850dca0---59690917956.pdf
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/43924414328.pdf
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/xopuxiwoma.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+lecture+notes
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bd64.bin
aaaf8c857a9d5e2087b12cfe48f0317858b3e0ff2a103bca7c83ccb8646d11ac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD64 16400 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7ee.bin
0ccbbae41592ef7f2a94da0538f66ab2610df5e90bf7c255f759f6f4ce714168
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7EE 10316 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff5b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF5B 16792 bytes