Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 217fa625556fa0f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 08:24:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c781476348f30f48c4e687c6f10d3062 SHA-1: f82230241e981c8851a2a70083c83963374944d1 SHA-256: 217fa625556fa0f5939ff6039af069f526ffd002d419d24eded5dc6b49e21276
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to download a second-stage payload. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) suggests the document is attempting to execute code to facilitate these actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9887

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+say+hi+chinese
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/57440299708.pdf
    • https://coastalholidayproperty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8670302090.pdf
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/240e43eddd691263c80f4816bf733bf9/likizipuf.pdf
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a150f09b1d---33006065980.pdf
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/90851464891.pdf
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e75992029ff4345f1d666c4c8ec8c3e/31823139051.pdf
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/41894414814.pdf
    • http://seventyfirstclassof69.com/clients/60772/File/lapofiv.pdf
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc202b83f1---lulamud.pdf
    • http://luvnchrlysenglishtoys.com/clients/861429/File/tapof.pdf
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebb16b874a---mijawotiroluwurebipef.pdf
    • https://gea99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vovibukexa.pdf
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec47f5708ad5baf56ec9abe9b683126b/95569316125.pdf
    • http://www.tomasjelinek.com/img/pub/file/74518234757.pdf
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210614/file/16236849725540.pdf
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d719a53aef---tanifofajuro.pdf
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/topoziluwiturefa.pdf
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1591df3b2b59150d0ecd698819dbab25/90406351794.pdf
    • http://gopherandsquirrelcontrol.com/admin/images/file/fojemav.pdf
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2619372f77---15083888105.pdf
    • http://natproperty.com/userfiles/files/37658729390.pdf
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/16395096823.pdf
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfp3aqtqpp81iompcuedvp8p04/91160433231.pdf
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ecbe4759eb---88460031076.pdf
    • http://papianiarch.it/userfiles/files/95329015827.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010152.bin
5f6890b4075060856928a0d010c318539bb130cd1ec7f2e71fc9c2e2f965f9d1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10152 17032 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001342b.bin
fc03fd6bacdea11ec0cee9075ef131dc6b24a499a15545717d5f9607b62c0cf8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1342B 10512 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014c14.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C14 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00016426.bin
cbac192560fab4c2e005a69e6d20baa47704342c64de15ef99bd1a336dccc2d2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16426 19928 bytes