Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17aaedeb53195b5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 05:47:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3cafbbf17b6d26ea85070bc508859e67 SHA-1: c3f74adb72cadaf7eeb4379fc93b58de7bf7de40 SHA-256: 17aaedeb53195b5df42961a774b9b4495731e0ea64b681ed18dcb5c9dd76b0e7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and presents itself as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://ytbozhuo.com/upload/file/122347174803.pdf
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6hjqumiffpp0o8l4m1cfk46nv/62150572732.pdf
    • https://dhrc.in/userfiles/file/zipedumelore.pdf
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3260138414.pdf
    • https://zhavezbozi.cz/data/file/doresadofuxex.pdf
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/75213935612.pdf
    • http://gamecoast.by/uploads/files/27257218349.pdf
    • https://onutglen.com/caningest/images/file/wofekuzodupawetivubobuwed.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139d1b803379---fesijukisazi.pdf
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/99485399115.pdf
    • http://disonde.com/filespath/files/20210907232903.pdf
    • http://mintaialuminum.com/d/files/59690060621.pdf
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614110b7742a7---79750770731.pdf
    • https://cpc-serbia.org/js/files/jimetap.pdf
    • http://hanifeugur.com/image/files/mavemi.pdf
    • http://gabinetortodontyczny.eu/userfiles/file/wijurani.pdf
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/images/news/file/50668269033.pdf
    • http://ivankrivanek.com/userfiles/file/melinasadisexokawu.pdf
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/kalakijanadimodidigo.pdf
    • http://mueblesdepladur.es/1/userfiles/file/16984282844.pdf
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/60629135683.pdf
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/kelonafemudisomixemefoje.pdf
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61746017413.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=inspect+device+in+chrome
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e22b.bin
4630cb2ed7a28ee7f26432cc2aa0f0cda98bf27b49afbcfd986119db1ac65e1c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE22B 19656 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001158a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1158A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012da1.bin
aecf1a49a482797bc393fef69bd858d387890b93cb41b9fb7386b1336bd4aad8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DA1 10588 bytes