Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17bda5a75aa44b35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-06-11 16:36:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: f571709c459b04d976df955952b300e0 SHA-1: d25c60a2bd05e9694ebe783d32dab761c3c28e3b SHA-256: 17bda5a75aa44b359f755d44377b653701a7b9e9ce89d6c770be237f09821fbb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The heuristic PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM indicate a pattern of distributing malicious links. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nescafe+red+mug+coffee+machine+instructions PDF link annotation
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d1e0b3adf8044f826bec805132c5c39/feseridameno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlt-nkp.com/fileupload//file/98526419471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9347384bae1a934d243b5afb229d70f3/62535527700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888c7b939a5---savib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/xisojuzerofix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fd795169c---tewimawadiwit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070118b2d02f---dalovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3860909a0e3f500585adf68bf8ebc337/58517425154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d66c407a5130c7a7d66a4d3c9fa4eeec/gomopetalixojedaxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098472f24e75---luwejawosibivixazuwit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23da9a57afd177acd4e8f2dc0e501df1/puxasuxoriwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq8upkg3cv0gu6f2u1g86a00u6/87708787499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeje9bdpctseifbjot38vvhv7t/vubasokozedoputawuzuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjxfjc.com/uploadfiles/files/fewumufekegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef5651fd806f044c9de56837c125617d/kijubivexukezari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/55703251497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off0000ebd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBD8 5372 bytes
SHA-256: d5d9bddc1fd3b904f9846fd17622b244a1e278ce7e50ed9e2ef8dd016d04bde5
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDFA 10244 bytes
SHA-256: cf69e3624e683aed9547cf0d2e9edefa2da5b3c41eb99bbc482d1177b5062ca5
font_02_sfnt_off000120b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B8 16632 bytes
SHA-256: fadc0a393acb378a334ac07b1a40e73a71b545ac7602fe5ce0f613d413421171