Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17c5ea137b6bf9ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:36:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5e9729b9ed062a1478ca7d5e3b66e97b SHA-1: 6897b3e01146b4f2ad27c1237924b471e79df94c SHA-256: 17c5ea137b6bf9ce83484388c7efd7937b527dea80ee556338de3f926284aca7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites. These sites host further PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage download or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5b225caae4---49395986375.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/venapitelufuvitifugab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeton1959.com/clients/863834/File/3056803472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/38718902334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machinesupplier.cn/data/product/file/2021827_211847_942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f72c16ad834ba50c6ef7419d1e71932/zezorilot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portalbime.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/86936912505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79492175025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f1018f864---57179759868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///202162053078898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ouubbdsdl097cinjqkt9sef58/rezol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktjl9mht069826gbdm14khiekg/41161918153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ae30b5115---xavezexafaxusetivamuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etre-belle.su/images/file/74105840951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210705060949505465lti07w.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078687899dae---tulukepekovopuvaxafis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fac31168a83---luripagabonos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e3c5e4abf---93046704986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edf87673bea---mifixozosepusudurekugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789a6d235ee---dilokovusex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cjsc.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ripirexofujav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shriayurvednagpur.org/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24704916010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/nijovamefoxipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greddy.com/admin/common/ckfinder/userfiles/File/duzikixodufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-16/20210516003321156197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=marian+apparitions+approved+by+catholic+churchPDF 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://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_off0000dfcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFCC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7E3 11024 bytes
SHA-256: a1c3543b8299e2d5c914fa9841f6cd494e3a74c89f74568711feb314022899ce
font_02_sfnt_off00011145.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11145 18140 bytes
SHA-256: e40bc1f6c56f20c16ca771a9e9d2ad635fbed7c546008aa707aa9d7aa44af556