Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17c3cedb5327a7aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:09:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4a5b0c5ed79c9f146069f638075c0815 SHA-1: ad2a8fd1faa9ae8d245f01c9c5e604f36e21b9f3 SHA-256: 17c3cedb5327a7aac61158cd85322a75cae60de281233628b90897358dbd3abd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the delivery of a second-stage payload via these links.

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 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://lacaune.hu/userfiles/file/furonab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.knickmeier.net/images/pageimg/file/1430796304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://codemessaging.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vomaratavufiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/508d5cbbb11aca4744e0430b6dc9c6ab/gawakatoxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmradiatoriai.lt/images/files/kavizajitobuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.dk/upload/3139356867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c36f49359e9---jimagamirusujaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10d84ef318---bovonokipumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metall-press.ru/files/76647301818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyuangang.com/UserFiles/file///foluzexofofepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c05cd526e631b992a04e3a7ee9421665/8882836663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4c0c983d4---33866969510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bf9b854256---kasenub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f487085c51---73923017720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidneytracker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dodasorat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/56795406035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/kofojatidomebifujabeken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slezanie.eu/userfiles/file/23137164307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/zudaxonun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yao-cheng.com/uploadfiles/20210727225939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jtkvh3auuh4fjj7a3i9l5gfbd4/jinezadegelit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073538c8700c---vurixapirigobupoloxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/janotasuralu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patroha.hu/file/tofukujoroxojuduzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f595242a3b4709344d978789d86a9dbb/rozefakekovipomolite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagoitese.it/userfiles/files/miwuzovofixude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=nuance+power+pdf+3+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b430.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB430 15992 bytes
SHA-256: 35db3d676605831e83570def28a5d34a9779b9475d85293bc49a1e6ac3bc0b1f
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCDB 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 470c8792177224570269c90647961241849d31097b0b075407c2880e0c9b0b17
font_02_sfnt_off0000f540.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF540 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1