Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17578e43670551a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.5 KB Created: 2021-08-08 07:15:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 9c6a3887681cf592fa397c4de8a227c9 SHA-1: 55598124b0489885f7bda84a96ad9c2e7d53fa38 SHA-256: 17578e43670551a7103f5f46c3e6397359f526729d387f03f75e9acd5caf20b4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure and numerous external URIs align with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be40332f193---76620532055.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7510ccc803---difomasuzupiguvaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf856400ed---tatuvunetifarepawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/96102371660a355e34bb0f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e30eefa19325cc24b9c1baddcd612f24/supagipizobulinepugure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videobezopasnost.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/turelusagewuvexazewub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929e792cb19---81869761068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cabsfromheathrow.com/userfiles/file/gigasixasorigagazer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/4153962267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2uc44cdg8grqdn0puhrd9g0a93/kasifesare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b09346bbb7f---jorolevamus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r3u4v0cu32ekkbb9sd8bgpeh3f/fenukup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///musev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pioneerlift.com/upfiles/editor/files/18251531192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-2000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuzedevizijijibonujilaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fluellentrees.com/clients/58222/File/gakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607806174a26f---kuwibodapixevuxasotujavog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33bb461fd1ea51c28d13c23f29616fc6/35007540493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/sopepuvig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f17f3d899d900e8c249cfdde71b7ebf7/91912508633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b1636f970---4555896467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/22895703926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b10f98f3b4---loginalakiwevovixapovelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/bovobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0b9d475d9---71642288610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=exercice+les+pronoms+personnels+ce1PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000102a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A0 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 8a9f634c23e3972bb61b20b879e7b278edf03bbfa9f0e8034710a1099295b814
font_01_sfnt_off00011a2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A2C 16144 bytes
SHA-256: 7384f78f7eee0a7747af6aa54f6a012ae917b773c3daf511a94379393b43df11
font_02_sfnt_off00012fb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FB1 18644 bytes
SHA-256: 4279a85bd6da0e4dd3b9c3cfc749a336f7fde53768b47c39c260d83a4e559ee6
font_03_sfnt_off00015e4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1