Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17f2d4556436387c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:50:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b3464e02f6f1a7ab36f8943a7b163cfc SHA-1: 7f9fc304403df12119cc9e84b85eb03d05d79216 SHA-256: 17f2d4556436387ce4dca08cf6a5115625e9f55eb6a052641c8002c541cb18ff
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to lure users to external sites for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e4f994fa5---2727318133.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609888ca1e0b1---fudodexukekexazifofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajessie.com/seadata/data/uploads/img/file/162585671716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/files/52043070458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e91dbe331db434fe290bdca5762d6946/wesifapegorisenab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajnbt.com/images/upload/File/gosedaravowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zl369.net/userfiles/file/nunekuvefobeluno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enilubricant.hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/xomawijet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ubf2bc3a1b9kqmmmv5bs1tvjkd/lolidavilejotil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learningsolution.ca/userfiles/files/72664916195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/958e0a42852cebd6ef54e95ab3b44942/6346621690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2bc28c2c06284e2d77f9bae5b7e1f42/54908073104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74098332b4618011ab03d57500b1af01/96977713259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ptvq31n2qfj85n2129ru1cf1f/96419034348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d1f85349e---95924918811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9mbtmdvbq4qja04ej8ctaqoma/xotab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lonivigazafunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5682f1513---leved.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad7906ebda9---wesafijomuwurem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95d123780f---39679786869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/52892854339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casalindasbakery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mofezirelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carzip.biz/files/uploads/files/varewiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+lab+safety+pdfPDF 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_off00014143.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14143 18676 bytes
SHA-256: b869ed9546a590e9943868dc60f4ed3084fd981a0a1417ba67a1c6999a0e1764
font_01_sfnt_off000171de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x171DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000189f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x189F5 10824 bytes
SHA-256: fd50d8454ce47881096ee2a7f5c184b977b9ebff19114d7b5fb3c331e0bfbcac