Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17cb3de53ac6479f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.7 KB Created: 2021-07-24 20:48:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: d28a64e9d8b8bcf0b01d952df0fb2b6a SHA-1: 396a350a28b21e0c19d60e796763b72388564c07 SHA-256: 17cb3de53ac6479f998a6aac6513dbf4a441254c0b18afc7485b80a2d76edbee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f75d71514ad---redewuxijalemipar.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d4bb700ad---biwevotegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c116a5453cf---bexivisodiniwebajobegis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ackerviewguesthouse.com/userfiles/file/busovevisuzivumaxebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incucinaconalberta.com/userfiles/files/sezewavurejorezuwedakumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/3456014708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--xhq021fvrwdth.com/d/files/lesunegobanewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6a7512c1de---xonopujotelaropevidefebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thinhhoanggia.vn/Images_upload/files/98334670725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skisun.it/userfiles/files/78081311018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gfb.it/upload/fck/file/52229341828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bgmediation-flm.com/userfiles/file/88696343013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wita.lt/images/files/27045995251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leonardscopysystems.com/home/leonards/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lapimuxatotoripovit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zkojicin.cz/userfiles/file/xipezogaxalefiworoxapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c84efce25f8---67641039334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnicadovolante.com/images/file/zafojuzajebularuxoseligaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af2fb581385---18213649203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074791fc7ce9---75617410643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c72dc6420c---96065077488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adec402d1ffa46bf0ec78d3c76a4b1b3/83466248770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christopherdallo.com/file/jigakomerawular.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=does+medal+of+honor+pacific+assault+work+on+windows+10PDF link annotation
    • 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_off000144c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015cdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CDB 16840 bytes
SHA-256: 4147d6d0f821f60e87f2c501b93dc085b3ac3e7ae487cf46b34b6a17dac13ec0
font_02_sfnt_off00018882.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18882 11336 bytes
SHA-256: 738e1f4445068125f5b3dc9473712c52ea1067755233794b489750f3b48c8349