Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17ecfae466e99640…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 14:37:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3bb53d6810888903a82ce1a38df54a6e SHA-1: 598ebe36df598445b1d1995e86b14a45fb72e1f7 SHA-256: 17ecfae466e99640c55caaf0f9274d1e4b318f83a4f4787cbc0cd6c23298e9aa
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classification strongly suggests malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, further obscuring its true purpose but reinforcing the likelihood of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+black+widow+full+movie+download PDF link annotation
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdl3egsdl6kbtfjtk72v7infnb/pebuxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c51d066eb826a617849dde10a228d051/89688591337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/406c2cd3904c7f7ad421476c82d3ccab/29473166897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2l1trj6h4m15guqcmvh8h64le7/dipili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc1c40333bee777e4af4a77afeaabed6/67390845968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3q5pmdg9vg3dp0urel6335uah6/64544377917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99817986592077e956fb2133f456490d/56409937372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/88302338436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcf3a7beb0cfa5cb7388d46af4016dcd/63047105809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d03d328829---fajusalijenazufajate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce5c854520---55538161965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2797d620b3---siduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tragadsonisurat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3266638811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysidehigh65.com/clients/d/d0/d00d1ad1640c45b888f5e58ac216a5d1/File/73262940158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e4d132733---63761075443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fot7sue6c6ok2n4cq3qnaf6097/robizisux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ab9586fa59ddb51e0fe6f69b594a67c/vilipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meechoktoolmart.com/user_img/files/nibudiwurapedasejilozawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilmatbasim.com/userfiles/file/38421426454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93845df29d0a328b82134eeae666294c/2261845289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/373da207690fe48a33394d41f1e6169c/38524616847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b29bc16d7713a517632c7be7be27ab7a/16798877225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/zafamisidikotulitilugige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/57150441902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westmoorclassof1965.com/clients/5/52/52ec68f2b927accf75267cb07bfcc891/File/xapuzino.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_off0000f5ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010dfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DFE 17864 bytes
SHA-256: efb97d5ccb84340bcf6acb38ac9ecb781fe8eaad89d1056e9cad0ce9a479e89f
font_02_sfnt_off00013cd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CD6 10820 bytes
SHA-256: b1114110e8104c43b64c0a317ae9693c54d0e81568318bdfacb0325deb5045ec

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