Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 176c31749244dd9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-08-21 16:14:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: db98c2fe9e22f648a8c87db85014c2b4 SHA-1: b522f4aaa78774deb7021941402121590f9228cc SHA-256: 176c31749244dd9d01ac824260cfa82509fe64907bcf9c9730d961d40a90df69
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+adjust+toro+sprinkler+head PDF link annotation
    • http://gelateriacool.it/userfiles/files/8885143316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/800c83bfc24ff1ed2e04f6a81f7dd041/fimakiramaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/2310060580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/files/65013403843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurerom.com/userfiles/file/5518301105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bojovesporty.cz/userfiles/file/nozoker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b4a59ac74db5e64a37b5af36df25944/kosejekujogamabekune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalbau.hu/imagesfiles/duxapez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f6d2582461d24e0f8a17dd2126c6966/31922090410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taikenplan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rilowusoluxunipatunobibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poaglasses.com/uploads/files/202108141750534744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6vi5ancrkp5sd77bqd1da8bbn/gawulomixasiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27985b1e79---pibuxivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://299-45.com/CKEdit/upload/files/pemimewarefiragore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewoongroen.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/35494955403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essuances.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43116850180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sage-chem.com/image/files/20210801_094351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.perchegouet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nopozesopuxulosedunakiril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e2fecd497edc0c68dd4e607eb2bb8a0/dedaperirazotajuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurier48.pl/files/userfiles/file/bajaw.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_off0000e61b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE61B 18484 bytes
SHA-256: 63ed54cdb395a5c6b474e3700c77fe6258fd9efe45bc99383a2243041f44fa59
font_01_sfnt_off00011715.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11715 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F2C 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 82f344d7ef62e1546cdb6afcb2459b26a33ff49d4f6ad5f52721253648a39d7b