Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17c357bf4a805912…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-25 03:51:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 7d184366694cb82441ea8cb0c082863e SHA-1: 14a2f080843e9411a6588058c77d1bd0ad0d6f84 SHA-256: 17c357bf4a8059120ee73d61675da2b25b23d13ed92197b92701116ee46fd72d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are part of a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, possibly for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=game+among+us+play+free PDF link annotation
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jttrrpegl68e1s1hnghc6880h0/wodorulemufagatoliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricettebiagi.it/uploads/assets/file/ziset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etalentlink.com/uploadfile/file///2021092418210057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614166b408073---43791625562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hangtatmj.com/userfiles/woketevibusimuvazem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxfirma.com/userfiles/file/32747728244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sagarexpress.com/userfiles/file/28759173669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralis.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/bexitirufakedet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/206215647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uklearningnetwork.com/userfiles/file/67459528623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaurrieta.net/USERFILES_JAURRIETA/files/55950443314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzion-palice.cz/content/42016702849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeneifogaszat.hu/cikkdata/files/78464286697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lorugitibevadijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bc1ecd0a64---xisejuxenalezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yieldpharm.com/upload/files/xojaxosuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdesignhouse.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/noxasowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srcchaika.ru/files/uploads/files/jatibineguzefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatugigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43800370892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreabulk.net/userData/board/file/33368636453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21865192760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b8ef50fee---muzokekugusufutesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614949ab60636---29986871838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/33042940952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/76208813794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/64937730309.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_off0000b204.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB204 14540 bytes
SHA-256: 3bea4919faa4f592441c184020d42c90a037f31a36b38e48296a63f3a1e0d5e7
font_01_sfnt_off0000d65a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD65A 10764 bytes
SHA-256: d17fd13cc4ae0d412202272bf45ce0cbb1deaff91bdb12e6b2963623f6c667da
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1