Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17e114539decaccc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-08-13 13:57:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 29faa4d2c652ae20407337afdfc05289 SHA-1: bac3631b24b0a958a2e7d0d7ae13c6d49bd66069 SHA-256: 17e114539decaccc5b57c58f7a88f7dc92fe2ba69d7dffc08d39a27a72f88846
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://wintec-samu.hu/uploads/files/nunimur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/pudejag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://booknowrentalimo.ch/userfiles/files/95716944767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b7dcc6c4f2---jasireditopafaleburoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/85265158869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venturahigh1967.com/clients/40640/File/tonozepogamedumevevoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41c32ebcf71e441893691b00d8362c1b/rowokopeterifategedipiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966a14d37e5---81599063039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161058a50a567c---45990405657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c200c80a996---66569023402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darstin.com/userfiles/files/zogejikinamune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcvitamin.com/webroot/img/files/908866346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/4258286287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordinate-ltd.com/file_media/file_image/file/jomabuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b41580b438824679210869101b5988d4/70930228678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddec65070122f3ec9db474a77eb9f664/32472931167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095cf31cf5dc---30158794302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodluckfishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bebilirolofomiwukura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d3a14881d---rokuluni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b448c6d56---lanibebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6ff7bad19---37812357915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com//files/11479212437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/wepulidulexemitibevuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=anonymous+external+attack+download+full+versionPDF 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_off0000ff3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011755.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11755 11180 bytes
SHA-256: 8c508e797e422cf7341745be77413961cba3189fae6528808f36cd09b4ee884d
font_02_sfnt_off000131a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131A3 19228 bytes
SHA-256: 8dbaf98158b7fcfebd5d3dd31fc68aba029fbb258896d269d6f42a5f796246d7