Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1917ca5ae29728df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 16:47:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9ce021841f88d2b76dc777d1f1d04c0b SHA-1: 00c9f79bc834d5967c1c9f6ee3cf280aaf432ad3 SHA-256: 1917ca5ae29728df7df6c761686d1a53386afba6ea2b6250704f9e4bcefaee83
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this, indicating a lure for users to download a payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/301e322rtb0o46jp9nkl3s2sm0/lefalud.pdf
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346b312ca56---gorugajikovorobotuliwib.pdf
    • http://aokunoil.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2837686312.pdf
    • http://rigassprotes.lv/uploadz/file/mezurem.pdf
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140143d00124---sododitifunodalirozogejo.pdf
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/vulifutivudaw.pdf
    • https://lederstuehle-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zolomupimol.pdf
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/golabosenapowube.pdf
    • http://escrima-rlp.de/userfiles/file/2272128638.pdf
    • http://greensquares.in/userfiles/file///45741076765.pdf
    • http://ihdbd.org/upload/files/vegafi.pdf
    • http://hgbs.de/userfiles/file/27168857272.pdf
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/64802440976.pdf
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/62872607825.pdf
    • http://kbcsisa.com/upload/fckeditor/file/98768931956.pdf
    • https://nevjegyzek.eu/uploads/file/50624356288.pdf
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75050283623.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0njbfflrmtqi5qerlmnn7ke10/pamivoxupamunuporisuwis.pdf
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/dojironojikofegovi.pdf
    • http://gmei.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4976082514.pdf
    • http://vhktn.at/images/content/files/96335001664.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=exit+from+recovery+mode+iphone
    • https://b2cdemo.tickets.com/content/files/napalurok.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db08.bin
5e1757eabd4640a90e694d2f254a17e8280ea207798e51d8753c1445c6414357
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB08 10776 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3a6.bin
1a7cd0e63592e79108dbd7023bedbd183aed973f62576941d82cc3e6f07ab966
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A6 16348 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011d9d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D9D 16792 bytes