Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17f09286334ab32f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-09-27 16:09:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 09225b1ab6750741e5add9f07b602452 SHA-1: 1d886cf62475a4384baf61aaa16d7eec495f522c SHA-256: 17f09286334ab32f3a430e5a9ba45470c0a9a967a42c1903a988c4bad6e97b9c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of a link farm on compromised upload storage and disposable hosting indicates a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://presstone.hu/userfiles/file/tubisifibigopubebip.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://safetyhanoi.com/userfiles/file/jasonawikunebegazobodibef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zumejumevapuxawanuvixiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanchuyen.pvl-soft.com/site/files/tamatoxikomuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2defb81ffd51d1103e91a7338d122122/sotuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwfinlay.com/uploads/files/serezufuborobegododisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourcechipola.com/files/public/69777440600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibmaxi.ru/userfiles/file/65948302459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodermclinic.com/file_media/file_image/file/27435620568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muacash.com/webroot/img/files/tosugobekado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nycsmindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64952766721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01dsj0tdqijjmck6h8961j7hk6/fazasibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portofmiamitunnel.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wutazitukupur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0451.com/userfiles/file/20210906083323_6hvyl7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avsa.org/sites/default/files/images/files/80059935560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jokilaaksonratsastajat.fi/file/93585982339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhhuubinh.com/upload/files/bixanakotamuvali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614a3477e1035---rilarazugolifalip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32ae52d81fe6f094d775b94fb31dcf00/10254894968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pate4me.com/userfiles/file/tipukenuvenaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolionsfarm.it/userfiles/files/32389954132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupa-energia.pl/attachments/file/86228785622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnik.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89860244691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=download+naruto+mugen+battle+climax+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_off0000b24e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB24E 11208 bytes
SHA-256: c7a3b3e1331cc23dfd66cbad48150c26aa8358670b15123fd6228e23890bbdf0
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC29 16072 bytes
SHA-256: f30086d26948ed84822500a77f5bc390e0ad48c5a9a6d59ef3db9d2ece874e9c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1