Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17b13fd313dd830b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-14 03:19:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2726ac8e222b40aa2756248b9bd5e9de SHA-1: 596816dc3b4916ded42d06987f11f9e16c3ff69b SHA-256: 17b13fd313dd830b34738df836dc0857c9609cedca02b82d6b4baa5f81e3e298
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and links to disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to exploit users through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bus+simulator+indonesia+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://jinruily.com/UploadFile/file/20210907155052145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddm3aasm1gutgl76n1isd2v42d/88225071597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentish.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59676908227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibexquimica.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sonebumutomesemad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.it/uploads/file/85027707868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secretinvitation.net/images/files/83359271477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/mutizomelufofogam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/67326870176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c29b585a23---mivawaxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29530723079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demirlermetal.com/resimler/files/94542494039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://numismatika-nbkpdy.cz/userfiles/file/wobekusipewiwatigipijad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/68193280081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/miwipubofixokejol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b16b205236---16347619687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baatco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33327324773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomerealestate.org/images/file/pilifiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32f5cd20971591623dfb7fecd0c16d9e/vuwigasixomemevomukibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d0f83e4e15---36676537056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodbridgeabw.com/uploads/files/gagobimulufufotonigudupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrocom-spb.ru/userfiles/files/mopubelowowulemokufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatham-ebenezer.ckdomain.com/uploads/userfiles/files/16937074538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://101doctor.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/613a816cbbe1a.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_off0000df00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF00 22808 bytes
SHA-256: 4db4bbc811c7de440836a97d0da8c49871152842f0e17b295058940353c0ade7
font_01_sfnt_off0001199c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1199C 10884 bytes
SHA-256: ce2a7fd1eb5f6f89b686b97be4977e78202aca1b5d5849d0112aaa5878262db9
font_02_sfnt_off000132dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1