Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 174c43624df0f68c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-08-14 12:43:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f879203d8428c3aa3c1828c749c3d196 SHA-1: 231746e7b163f7924e62240a4ea4bdfa7a77663e SHA-256: 174c43624df0f68c74ef03a38e2e3e2d922f6480a6912c71f45560d7143151bf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a149d3f0d01---diziwegexeruluxaxugope.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://goksirkrupskimlyn.pl/img/upload/files/93752220195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jatarezuvebipugivedek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdf1790d44d21658469a93859f8a910e/50492590272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/pebofevosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070bd426f643---fokagewifibid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96313830c5---57266795411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsservice4you.de/bilder/file/bigoxumunafifut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechelseaff.com/user_uploads/files/roxolefimobolesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iaue7r1oadpr5veo1pmtsjnl23/laraziposafajaposunod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/tetafeviwidetev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inhome360.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biwages.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/xojepikikunejugit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n2nlah.org/UserFiles/file/55378420001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210517232928752331542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99991a3d61---powadoxonazadowikimivit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/45790078262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad278512e56---kobodexeteweduwuvobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areaengineeringsrl.eu/userfiles/files/40260139709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/falagorupatekerizilogowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lctrading-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73061877012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalinmobiliario24.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/vonaladubonug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thephinhmienbac.com/upload/files/81638479223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=sedative+and+hypnotics+ppt+downloadPDF 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_off0000c5ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5EC 16844 bytes
SHA-256: e6845e80fcaa0460cee6388d79333161c027c0748be8712d917539658ed8c8e3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000108ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108FF 10852 bytes
SHA-256: d87337949a94a59d1e0b5901eb99f4d68c11ef9bfcd4f0c39b55d4557755e0a8