Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17c7b628873101cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:50:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 99b3c170f2ccf0ff6882b5cd63e38095 SHA-1: b3b60b0e4f915e8bed77ec0fb81d001ef351d009 SHA-256: 17c7b628873101cc5debcb8936ef8374ff0cdf6fffb55308b5f9b1006cd19627
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple compromised CMS upload locations, indicating a phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or exploit vulnerabilities. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/2725724161.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9r92brkl6efsv91hpe5mi0ad8/83721707104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961582946b1---60853325141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77dd3347a7---jatumakuzogebalugaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dse7di97e2gj2qf37o8ar9hp62/getokimelazegawatekivon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5el62tvah7dhj1tdd06m2n0p4/vadipapijowejefovebama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/254a58b84700884dca874413e87781b9/lofifaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f331ef2f5---66767573317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iug73qmm1o3tihppqrm2ptod35/85351855411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c7e1a7d1b63fd865ffc3edfa13cedd2/meniwikeseliwowedubazep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myesen.life/userfiles/file/4511031198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rittenhousereunion.com/clients/a/ad/ad7d26974070b67854a29702aed78614/File/87072660800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/siveriwetedufidudupos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/981ba85950a7c8fe15e0c8e9adc891a4/josezesalenadar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamuiboe.com/webroot/upload_media/vipukolatakufenaduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosperitas.be/data/assets/file/77692580483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28b7002930---boverekivexiserironawud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607095c94a8de---12637424574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9e78d9dde---68681940656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4435c05403---pidiwirexatebawilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ottopianos.nl/files/rafabajibub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8003b92778---nizemebarorigifojizawukok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf56404a5c9bb3272cd09e8623c7d546/82628872418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/poxidapinafarebirotezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=prentice+hall+realidades+2+workbook+pdfPDF 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_off0000c49a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC49A 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 03328219798143e9ad57e09b7a9d67816c15797f618566e2c3e44605bbfb0f9e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f26a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF26A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A81 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 8c27d5a4d9b9eb90a13419adab80cb5f855b2990918bb71308cdbceddf89fff9

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