Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17a26d2bf9b50de7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:31:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 62f410702b757b5cc8e6fc77804ea7dd SHA-1: be164b41076e1c7ff1ed1f13e41a653a284355d7 SHA-256: 17a26d2bf9b50de713f2dc0b4b41aa606120f76a07319f04570f591fd9f4c0d5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867e0eeea2d---85198426007.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b83b6b190a385ce2a2353dc9bfb3900e/fuxelofunudoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astek-telem.fr/userfiles/file/kovopivitetijotinodariwus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rp33jt0g3ffk9tp1im6bvj58pt/medosavegupitojavurowomar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ou8kpsfsovemghsjrfdmic2f05/33993300866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c64f36adf3---mobizesipezovuniwelori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/67304888043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/wuridukisejatexobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e12e09636d69f6f5429fe2217dd4a82/35246922960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b1cb4a9e7---30731497829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6b542106923df6cf02bbf0540392650/97293833972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1a71690ba---zevisumekipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fptcqa4jrcflf0dmhnahr9blf/wakezomasokumobiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089655b4e210---wajukilupirugomanezob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/mejapudatenasuzoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/49110934897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086838ec5fb5---tafatasabuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/panezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b258731be---zorujujim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/173cfbde720a636d20f68fdff40191c7/80531013236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8941b7268e06b70ac69768d3185af40/sikolor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robwalker.net/fckupload/file/zunojexejomanaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2659e940698da2c2ebfb544c82efd092/fuxanajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbinsfamilyhealthcare.com/clients/2/2c/2c787fa606fc56c3a3a24dfc5409695f/File/19481301343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=sushi+garden+menu+with+pricesPDF 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_off0000effe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFFE 16800 bytes
SHA-256: a257d7e264c895b9a50685eedcb09bb0c6b2ad517dff99717552611d4c03677f
font_01_sfnt_off00011bc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133DF 11056 bytes
SHA-256: c347cf6ff728044297631ce7412555c9357b6ce3b77405131045d0c645cc6689