Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17d0697908b3f318…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:10:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 5452105b8cb3890c93a148ad27c7ca37 SHA-1: ebbf8ef5d4d56647a4d0f1c529caf9b36aa826e8 SHA-256: 17d0697908b3f318ad53e225ecdf3cdc49ac7129e84c558bdff5304285ea2317
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://vanharteyoga.nl/uploads/files/ninilarazebevan.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/44499335565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd9076c24e2a7325882d7d5b7b10e8cd/23261746847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://we2meeting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/kopubemamena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail.teleserviciomalaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14540501505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44480351852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kqcme.yiaiwang.com.cn/upload/files/66036943838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ssoecb1bhfriv8mtr2ajgkm315/94354047263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gutachterbewertung.de/userfiles/file/9000061701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiin-torng.com/uploadfiles/20210804155540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/43698199822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emprenderem.cl/files/dulavurikazukufoxuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insightonafrica.in/userfiles/file/41607250637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2017181283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://print-printonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejulasulita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a824fe76fa---zipugib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8565155726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glenbardwest1965.com/clients/0/00/000b938fadf99fc3242526d4297efebf/File/84153925774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/mezelosozelaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17snurbffnpil16t60qsdvha7p/navarikobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1bf589c7a---58399322492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cottagegrad.ru/files/file/45286950658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/file/wapuvugupojeposusinoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanwanderer.com/himalayan/userfiles/files/wibozazekorarikowuwakadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caramelitos.sk/files/ruwigisubopipopaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=pandemic+the+cure+rules+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_off0000f213.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF213 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A25 18740 bytes
SHA-256: cf86a740477ec85f8035abc3e762d490bb22bdca6c9d3978ed8725db543a7b1d
font_02_sfnt_off00013b0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B0E 10868 bytes
SHA-256: a649a24d50548160080d068fdaaeed74624205edfc01649c6b5f9554950091cd