Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17f921fb49984d60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.1 KB Created: 2021-07-15 09:15:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 18cda4cfc2589f807b763ac0f6831cce SHA-1: 49f3820cb39f2d4984c3f77fa2213980e1e026ab SHA-256: 17f921fb49984d60b8254e98263d57a92a45f9461b2f93e886c4df546819d870
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs and the heuristic firings suggest the primary goal is to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9885

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 http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/34553216727.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93241dc72c580f8a2d60c9dca7086a8e/52349009220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terminal.hr/userfiles/file/kuruwuginajitaxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc3b6b21474---jonajalurizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce72ca8b7b---sakusifinikupidemuvulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/69635476636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgraf24.pl/userfiles/file/bowevesune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/du5puko6otooajb5445l7m9cqo/56520210255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ec6670b840f7431ade00e5360c70325/18135511568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e0088c26f---wanugefanujilino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1b3e9d7ce6ae941e4353646f56f9cd1/62225989252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77b64acdfb53df4a87873539bd2fcc83/nosixipuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liyangah.com/Upload/file/ruledaxiradaxogidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motacademy.it/file/43847362165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/zigezupagobali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boucherienabli.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/61013093803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46ed18e667ec64050a86fc06d53865ef/4135931941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1fbba7037b---zoziwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/812a95a588099ed969f6b837e4baa1df/77112214516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5dd636874aa2b50ea811523088835c5/36654963272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53853066564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hokmr5v0kljfk9f4thr5a8gv1r/wenelawadopetafikimixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7efd29639b---79131879980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920da12f6a0---dagisevasuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=the+probability+of+miracles+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010666.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10666 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E7D 10996 bytes
SHA-256: f102c50a2ee2fa96b0066fc5f3a86f392348dc172f7ba84b51dd34e235326443
font_02_sfnt_off000137d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137D6 16192 bytes
SHA-256: 97e3f73a58ccdd4784c9ae1678d9f90717e6b6d0c87c36bf93adb8865ef65ebd
font_03_sfnt_off00014d5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D5E 17164 bytes
SHA-256: c79ea947dff184fed49b3f3f0b976f2a39b9fb3c0bf5e143a9114342fa48e905