Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17abbaeb361d2e66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-07-12 16:31:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c973215943009878365b5d4e0976011e SHA-1: 4dcbd8b86db194f059810443573eec9bf67ec801 SHA-256: 17abbaeb361d2e667048137e40506ab29b5a439d8a1e4d2f91d3fa0061c636b5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous links on disposable or compromised hosting suggests an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination or leverage existing vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=excel+in+life+quotes
    • http://ranahytta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sulekusaxogudulijuzeni.pdf
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/78784429468.pdf
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759ecb2fe75---71382970653.pdf
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b597ee6f182---18408747898.pdf
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077dd0c703be---46809870530.pdf
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/70835766644.pdf
    • http://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26966137856.pdf
    • http://imhyuk.com/imhyukeditor/userfile/file/dexuzad.pdf
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607411ce2f208---51778148166.pdf
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945db6a34b2---jigazip.pdf
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cccf136a16---87163741141.pdf
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761c02d548a---mobubekiwekixutonum.pdf
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bm79vgclm5tcvihj8bjmh602s9/34502447660.pdf
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4fae4194e5---89279816357.pdf
    • http://sanarina.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51727502022.pdf
    • http://xedaptheduc.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/busujepexi.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609447ef1de11---xedadixux.pdf
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b655e5ee14d---41080740100.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e8f4acb96---sowotezewewimifiwuxil.pdf
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/66432222671.pdf
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743743c53f7---risosejuvevawosusos.pdf
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822de70de8c---dirudagepubokofazanexibu.pdf
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac92d510a4b---muwidajewejawarogamo.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762e35d1380---dukexuwevarab.pdf
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k5eb7dl4vtcugkkni5nmsu8j63/luxejinopezozumazekub.pdf
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e406156c989---24264628270.pdf
    • 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_off000108e4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000120f6.bin
1c33dfd6562b6955e87218a6c257da8000fbe4da7e7cb3b5bbc61572d787d5d8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120F6 16964 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014cef.bin
f68d96ac613c922d632e8d9aef80ae686afdedb329e4f110cd8748942ed3b187
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CEF 10396 bytes