Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17648d960263ec35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:21:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b4841f1feabae98674c69360eefa0ee7 SHA-1: 9cdd74cad7523c0d5c09448e578d7b712afff51c SHA-256: 17648d960263ec35db34a6675ea8c26e72d66044147837c28f68dd2e8c82a1e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a tactic to obscure the true malicious destination by using many distinct, low-reputation hosts. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://clinic4lab.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210624141931.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://2016montemayorreunion.com/clients/e/e5/e530e98a7ee505477716bae2fe71cdef/File/kesolotowubosatuzew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anticacarsulaeborzoi.eu/userfiles/files/29931540424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8e04f1a00---xizariwime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vishwkarmaenterprises.com/webroot/img/userfiles/files/tenimobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1lmjjv4ss2ejsbtls6bichr3fc/61909155386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/94945876605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydangson.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/pemor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/miravibebuteluxosudodoweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/tupuvijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lebo1977.com/clients/7/7f/7f96701a3ad848a090446b6ea7dc17b1/File/sekunilovaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3b8be3122b02b9c4c92634d066afad3/pekas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wemevefekuzulotegoruter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/62058467387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9495936996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sindafaz.com.br/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61329518505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/suwaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611417d3cd7a4---gizogutanuposovunipol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/medaxejapobedusaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1553c5f862dbd40f9d128575e779c351/lefesusoxutek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c547f461af53bfb1c4dea8e133d3e69/newunad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ediljolli.com/userfiles/files/lofukusomipixanunadaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e93e39bacd---fagabesumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+pdf+reader+download+apkPDF 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_off0000c266.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC266 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 305f1497905462a38667b91aa439c7f8e51f482c2f9ab42bcf409930824e5619
font_01_sfnt_off0000f26a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF26A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A81 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 09954124b3a3cd39952f992ac0fd3df296bb1c4279e6e252e35eaf8be7f17b84