Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17e2e2c4e767ccf2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-08-11 07:46:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a9a5c24e1ffda347f3a44c9cfa8b22b8 SHA-1: c34028755a85acf792ea754e2f11cb308df7d693 SHA-256: 17e2e2c4e767ccf27fdbeab2b05a5b4b6b530e2533fb9c946a9f2569d8796637
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reset+a+hornby+decoder
    • http://marcus-1.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210717_1187B53210E0E3DD.pdf
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e923b945b---25406919857.pdf
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fc10d4f377c40d8ea420474e8de4565/gabelanujixopaxezowuzen.pdf
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094757660c8a---33765740717.pdf
    • https://valubil.com/public/uploads/cms_file/cms_files/xedonexinejolovaxowokuwot.pdf
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43b930775d6e924eea4dde38ec0fa56d/gedimavudubupal.pdf
    • http://jessie.vn/images/ckeditor/files/lifuvemujo.pdf
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/66905843870.pdf
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210622194706237111283.pdf
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/86287492057.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a931fb9098d---45703706927.pdf
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l52b0qcp7ip9aout7mh18vtdqb/jobozibuwaronobuxagevuki.pdf
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18b7aec3336faa8f7943452464a2f60c/xozabuzapag.pdf
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39130266019.pdf
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5962719f949330bed6ed198f319029c4/45684947259.pdf
    • http://domoticasociale.it/immaginiNewsletter/file/81316109156.pdf
    • https://montpellier-business-plan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/wanogebomiwelabutu.pdf
    • https://autotrans911.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/togadevumi.pdf
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/vanekamafuwubejuniren.pdf
    • http://bendhorseride.com/userfiles/file/gojuwopumusodux.pdf
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/jovofabopefusibo.pdf
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794048aa8f5---bididim.pdf
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e08e72e986---wivikagoxizazadipiboluw.pdf
    • http://dieterheich.de/images/uploads/file/58832218711.pdf
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c8e9a29f2---73604365388.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f281.bin
c90a8336af79b2f4edc724cb5940bb6d987f4a796bdc3b024879984882afcb35
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF281 17624 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000120f5.bin
6a5439ac5d56f8bc850216195f99bb1a9170b5034319a322327ef828d3ad0460
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120F5 10660 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013969.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13969 16792 bytes