Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17ddf6b7a4fb4ece…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-08-16 04:43:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 887d5fe788530276016619f895123756 SHA-1: 84eb5a1204f47302c750269f78ba8b905428ec8c SHA-256: 17ddf6b7a4fb4ece02a736b4aaa94bab0fb050a1f7de33bf5234c34f7ad61310
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites used for hosting PDF payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8f0ba0e01e---basenudunekud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://progettarecasa.com/userfiles/files/fumikiwuselo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thevisionkharj.com/userfiles/files/68692303848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambientltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b56b0bdb1c4046e88631c9bc56db376/fibevoripul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12519245846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/nazigokamefebajuzunot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpgny.com/userfiles/files/50273903925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6db49ef69c029d01b0eae124a691a733/zokenoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/79867765010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitra.su/uploads/ckeditor/files/9114857288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kcharp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59354066799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/duzegudapifexikokotufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b966a5b170a---94028371951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2bb814bb8b---gavekolan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e69d0583a005b79a4121ce5fc862569/gilavamopidoruzix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportschoolindex.nl/images/uploads/bukal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/696780ebaa4eff7ead19f8b27f3c9c5d/16641707052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infotechloyalty.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/nubonojixabaporekos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/98772290376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c359ff4033bf16041b38a757d049ed02/56874995158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/665kl6ccfteb5p6bmkj9meqjl5/31323420346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sugisopir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc08a6c299---povopezusajakula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607533ce0d3cd---37280625677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=hipertrofia+columna+de+bertin+seramPDF 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_off0000daae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAAE 18044 bytes
SHA-256: cba99710550d8e71cae1f33301926d25e72718172067238428a27354902d0f24
font_01_sfnt_off000108d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108D1 11012 bytes
SHA-256: eac9d1cc3abae61b44d9cd4de8c52abe5b69cc828f093c3e42284534d2e57f22
font_02_sfnt_off0001221e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1221E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1