Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17a2e891f83092e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-09-20 01:09:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8682447893735c0dd07e16c4b5a69020 SHA-1: c69470de5888fcfe5e080fc444b6d2cd5f90205d SHA-256: 17a2e891f83092e5d60c6e80ad7f8ea0d79399be282e8c804b19fc4d8d39fe58
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, indicating a malicious link farm or phishing attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lehninger+principles+of+biochemistry+7th+edition+pdf+free PDF link annotation
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141d7f948c03---sipurelixuxidonanobel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobrawire.com/userfiles/files/38677644443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebookmarkcafe.com/uploads/files/37566237834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d213cd1693f337fbafbdf23fb4eeda05/18970637689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenzaeden-albisola.com/userfiles/files/nololirerugajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef565fe3a350b553eb628796a240ec8f/zevofovilepexax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extrastyle.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nawejazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hndgyl.com/v15/Upload/file/2021982227396238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shreegroupco.com/userfiles/file/xigazegurep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/vojutomirato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/53275590258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68785fbe4d741f503054a875ea596d96/kiruwepowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/pojeluzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb650be1bd---21522357851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evrenmentese.com/upload/ckfinder/files/25812069167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoorchids.com/image/file/fedasudetoredov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/31179648430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usateatop.com/_upload/files/xalubosubixebugifika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/74422721053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barsugo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87034976891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/zodofugefodamed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mixline.ru/img/lib/file/fanapitewofik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.artikel238.nl/emmwebbit/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5420603308.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_off000100b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B4 18676 bytes
SHA-256: 73270c01c63531f82abedee14ec26aecad53c237e199e9bd7b736a95d92460f6
font_01_sfnt_off000131de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131DE 11164 bytes
SHA-256: b2948fe27f67d736d99b4f6d72dfaa4af51323a718c1d94ba908696be411cb77
font_02_sfnt_off00014b60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1