Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17944b3e927c0c4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:10:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6cc61ffa5b37b178d7f0ace17e687c00 SHA-1: 0732f59589eb6b234d982879445d9a4fe05b3976 SHA-256: 17944b3e927c0c4d149ac94e7d36964d6d6c575207629fa8718c43edf4a8070a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=murach%27s+java+programming+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142e9a9e6161---20614136604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/davut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145374a690da---45127431910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laatuwhuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/wamepagogoxakin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcoegypt.com/userfiles/files/jaxaneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9833f19252ed94ff8c8440fd116e9d53/sotiretojabodiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gulbaharsigorta.com/contentData/file/71924026785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xhzhengli.com/upload/65436437829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wannawwannie.pl/userfiles/file/85135527591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/xisojur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galedo.cz/www/data/cms_files/files/32993865424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vetportonaccio.it/userfiles/files/lafofejif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/53542544615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isitekmuhendislik.com/userfiles/file/43133126906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coomargroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85774753951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33b9a9f74768573fe2a9c2c98785049e/lebiwowidatuvuvuzowamiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://btfa.tw/upload/files/zonepipawibirafewof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/gazozebepedor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegro.net/userfiles/files/41190366508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impactmediaresources.com/userfiles/file/37603774963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/86081814866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northcity.rs/slike/files/50250965957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mr-alian.com/upload/ckfinder/files/megasupafalit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogozaty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ropagafiselefefuvojebazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aibasavar.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiwenelorigewu.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_off000114be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114BE 11248 bytes
SHA-256: f0bec9b1e48091649775742c073ed3da7826a6bc2eec9252505a3a9257f39a3d
font_01_sfnt_off00012ecc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ECC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000146de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146DE 18568 bytes
SHA-256: 2aa58a96419986cb459e45fa3c491f1715838254f5d546706a7dc8395bdefd9b