Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c17ee9a1827da5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-07-30 15:42:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 137ae2faa3bf60eb9a43aa15ac3ae0a6 SHA-1: 4a88169fa5eba8df19dd8c6a88fd3d8b2b4cc54b SHA-256: 2c17ee9a1827da5fa9fe651431d56eac9a3b0f494f6b9d1c9faf1245eb22c7b7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to malicious sites, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates these redirects or further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=satyanarayana+pooja+mantras+tamil+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://caratow.nl/userfiles/file/45660011113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd21c3cb2549dcc53a80577fc1c698d4/rekelijorilapunesinox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/19493100361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64330391037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/penokopaluxasubok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20754489109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2e710399a---nenegezivamutamuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acba95efe6---7000620191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a954b7f3666---68298724934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.odnpoznan.pl/fotki/file/file/zemelobopobigid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjihnite7bbupnelv0jflfrrnq/kuraputotelikajebinased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pbchistoryonline.org/uploads/file/58366832267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oio.cn/uploadfiles/files/godipokevonufejajapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bceb52122d---73632165982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079fa75e0296---ziniboxakexezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/files/fixujixekajinilenif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fq7p1vea01g9ghmf7o5guk5k7/rutugemelajujaxumiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871c327d778---59477190897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qvi4jh22345jplkuoj9tnhvnsu/wakilukelepidosug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dryoucosmeceutical.com/userfiles/files/59718111696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/sasudog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f63353bf3bea873abef9d3d5063ec5e6/77398106047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74467531110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010d65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D65 17092 bytes
SHA-256: d1a3dff04d8a1b5eee5d8c3c0b9ee8863261103dd193760085fd2a6186b9e4c9
font_01_sfnt_off0001398c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1398C 10844 bytes
SHA-256: b9b3592faa90d8e42aa41c43df4d0052f1d0ec1a770f6cada7bb6f9d816f8273
font_02_sfnt_off00015286.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15286 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1