Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17d89c22d6f0d9ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.4 KB Created: 2021-07-31 00:25:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e1aa0598529fd32d66a6cd1f45716c0f SHA-1: ed7e92db0e5dd2e2559ff404d575a2f9cc06e297 SHA-256: 17d89c22d6f0d9ae422b8b2032be51c5d874d9b1e31bf644212fe72530dc23ea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files or engage in SEO poisoning. The presence of external URIs and a link farm indicates a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dmegvbg2orll2jf2htlcqit8r/4378132173.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca89011b11bbf40261c49fb01bb30116/9298120591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074887ba1e9a---jemage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e38359dc9793cf6cac86e3f99af1b4f4/46827426573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8hvbg3lf0assqp7ndntlf3e4dd/sasavematovadugeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtmaso.com/public_html/Imagens/file/5738778176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5db704a3d3860ecd99984b39d2be86b/bibubiwinuserupigolug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cmi2byac9cdhd0hra6d7bxkwbgj1gch.com/user_img/files/weregawukogotalukolevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/38704201141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6073e1daaa5489bc86cb24a6226f7c5f/jumegenarixusemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-mega.ua/images/uploads/file/80264556624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d50lsdnie39df03hlcmeuf2b1/gezasuritilofozewogagimob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/34604203869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infotechbg.eu/file/71536759816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betentour.com/sites/default/files/file/lomulemudarajegamorol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922f5d2c489---norodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc7e7b9fbf---nasewabogaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffc9160df9c---57326376453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3p4km4fvm8vhrqk3uo11ppuh7/dorofixodubafevovafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephfellerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/69154757874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a0eb83f546---mepedus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://champion-osk.pl/userfiles/file/zedutejewinoxazefewijojav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3454596a157aee478b6275d18b3cd29/55286242344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=effects+of+alcohol+on+academic+performance+thesisPDF 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_off00011ce9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CE9 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 95dc2797ed1845e83b08cd88e73775cb8587e1e480fcca41cf109b8bc2f17aed
font_01_sfnt_off00014abc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14ABC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000162d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x162D3 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 0f84386c762fd2fa3c20b0b5dfe14206983b3377cffe78b9f9cf47a8cdab1f63