Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17abf0e1d9b8f52e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:21:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8601ed7cc33f12528b88b7520b705f4d SHA-1: ddc539a8e9f8a79ab9e6e6fa26cdfb43586d2f2f SHA-256: 17abf0e1d9b8f52e161c8a415c0d6f105ae15e6720b00f977a9a97f6b5c94280
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and numerous links point towards an attempt to lure users to external, potentially malicious, sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ubuntu+setting+ip+address+manually PDF link annotation
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/71224144660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aurorabersinar2.com/contents//files/vetesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilsports.ro/userfiles/file///xefezaxeronodepigexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgindustrial.eu/userfiles/files/65390030231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viquadro.com/userfiles/files/xazorob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c95cda5af80fca3b94909132caa08983/fezamizekuvurip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail-business.ru/uploads/file/ritalubemuvetuxojiriminep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weilaimachinery.com/userfiles/files/74718202061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwishop.hu/file/zuwadavivaxuxuxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/46650497651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmdplus.com/userfiles/files/20210720_163057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriailgalloelinnamorata.com/userfiles/files/31113615142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf06b0ab534363ef55be1f83267c5161/sutevaxebewajofifasiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aanugxqi.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97450830470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/wajepebevexabeviwiwekiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://innovativallatgyogyszer.hu/fileok/file/dezixuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/pevajoves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepasidemedical.com/images/uploads/file/sevodudunufawamizomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607244b5b1a5d---lilevogijowovisebetojaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--82cac8d3ajrc0gd0bo4a7nf3qg.com/userfiles/files/gadesezotebarewegomef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608791ef9719d---momajupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/dakenuzemusajegugifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31c296fkhugfh89mfd39acrg10/17209821524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rpv-drachten.nl/files/file/9483105887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0bfbk93r3552he7es1n3t6ft1/lurut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youkuvpn.com/upload/files/51957958632.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_off0000d5d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5D7 17956 bytes
SHA-256: 96ee167a17d9f07534cd7f99059bcbdcf162120e3ffb3604ad6fe01ddf0542d0
font_01_sfnt_off00010432.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10432 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C49 10976 bytes
SHA-256: c9b99caa2b694546500eabd01485574983a58e9f743694d418344873a348d55b