Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17d3a96606c54599…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-08-17 01:51:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7225e589888e6069f270e06b4afb45c5 SHA-1: e30c377683eed90bf6952060b87dd6e4b4ff7fb8 SHA-256: 17d3a96606c5459986916ed54ed5fecdf4b13b8f2abdc2b48e51d84ac8dde7ee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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 http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098430a120da---tigatilupunepewesugokared.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chengzechem.com/upload/files/wonofama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linhquan-group.com/upload/ck/files/jizuzixulogeforevatediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20463045d5---xasabenipaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/70538722331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d90d38535616ad1a9ab9aa7c88ecc070/kozaweluzexanapokajinaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788fd0d9793---21836066247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjcav7cnll980uasnihqppadl7/65450158557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b067071bf80---19101422004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/murapukozafovokewiwoxuseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/63000880260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/4843581595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077eac71ea89---39141343222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/87011497010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5670886d0ebef1d90921a61afc3c35cc/tazupezorixubato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/23545230099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wtmasonry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mojijup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/pavitibaxajizodez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tindangnhadat.vn/upload/files/64726769975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/rugulakeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e08812b49b0f8408e48d5d49218e926/49376738598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/tidekede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607369f362f3e---musebudizav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fosterfreezesantarosa.com/uploads/files/vuwegavuzaregukexijanor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06c52b2e97---573377389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=does+ghost+recon+breakpoint+have+cross+platformPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d9a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9A8 17848 bytes
SHA-256: d334bbb382380844e077ac86a026d600f4b0c47e9878e2478e577c4a0f601c2a
font_01_sfnt_off00010899.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10899 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000120aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120AA 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae
font_03_sfnt_off000136b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136B6 11224 bytes
SHA-256: d5d84db26ba4228306a79df9e7e91926a0d8ff6069ba92b6ad365c57bdd76f4e