Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17e7b1f846dced29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-22 16:43:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 65e2b2a0d80e493b3318ab44aa034e4e SHA-1: fb3adb128a6d33772f3ed57a1eafd0c36dfd5801 SHA-256: 17e7b1f846dced299c7e8f07bcd004ec31b6769add8680e9a9164c16b59b058b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, a common tactic for distributing malicious files or conducting phishing. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests a potential callback phishing or tech-support scam pretext. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://trompis-tondschungel.de/userfiles/file/tamenujivojixetukowe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://opuspoint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21440646135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morebricks.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51062621491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estudiowebcolombia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10123691948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614672ff21346---lanuzekawuxuvikirotolox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408046c78dd---26111528036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18095728030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/91669573762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stockbauer.hu/uploads/file/subajefadunugus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restokrat.info/userfiles/file/muwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/komumiruwodumasosuloxumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5184d5f5ac30ae73148a2dd2868aa79c/gegezedularezutubunejovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimetoor.com/basefile/bimetoorir/files/28115194656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130c861ec429---89844311246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iftupqihr4pavp72u504t284io/20314315262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lt101shop.com/userfiles/files/vogimidunimolasufesiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusamulticentralestari.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/muxuwileguwosulolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittymall.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/68999882436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-edinstvo.ru/userfiles/file/89369659066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/bepodavoduwubimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euromarkcreations.com/new/fck_img/file/16739830268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylivediamondinventory.com/uploads/files/lavepagok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melnikhouse.com/userfiles/file/kapigexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruh-center.ru/userfiles/file/gobujejejepepigiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://missteenqueenuk.com/userfiles/file/62127804908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=parking+car+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000da23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA23 17856 bytes
SHA-256: d7dffad3801d18c989b1f2e712c816b201ec16eae85d1d1153eb3707fbebac12
font_01_sfnt_off000108b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B3 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 7271a7385efadc5a4afadb0f644087837943a9d9a973f08952210448c43ae2cd
font_02_sfnt_off00012054.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12054 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1