Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17e392b460ee3d31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-08-09 05:15:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0416240313aa578926e54ecbd856e200 SHA-1: 147a0f86d5907153e867f9d481db08b03ff0fa34 SHA-256: 17e392b460ee3d31fc23f36362791c9b5b6a39b087c8b657e020a4625b082668
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The presence of external URIs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic indicate a deliberate attempt to lure users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=program+to+print+pascal+triangle+in+python PDF link annotation
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610775f02b96c---80458600038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pappteam.hu/userfiles/file/62473467863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pottoka.info/files/galeria/files/lomugapevalanumim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trivio.it/userfiles/files/22875193210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeraldcovepartners.com/_data/images/file/jijuxexujeburanisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsoleimani.ir/userfiles/file/napenokupikavogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e72f2e8fe68---fifupesamexodelupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc0d5d9eb69---nutazazezufapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/90674958815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/bibeviparu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qkmedica.com/uploads/userfiles/file/mevada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9f2132ac5772febb50951432ab192d7/daduleduvaromiduxozebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime42.ru/userfiles/files/webow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bvi8s8i7jf4mejhie5377fd7fq/83637444325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2gp2pdco68gccjvvje95k762s/63972796565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/79480880391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baecfe70c8e---zituzeditilutifavuvaveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://righetti-ticozzi.it/userfiles/files/71542417561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2dd202700c---tulipudujozumagikojotow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95552661164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fratellifurloni.it/file/mivasesanevizavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/6900475474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/texub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2272fac764---75552658357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f858.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF858 18096 bytes
SHA-256: ed344eeaefaee5131162dcd8e72ed122dff9646831bd888cd00e65082ebe70b7
font_01_sfnt_off000127b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127B0 10936 bytes
SHA-256: c9d8ce7f5cf7db580721973e032b58165235e4058f385ffd73a4ed470779d446
font_02_sfnt_off000140e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1