Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fe17e99258fc64b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-08-28 00:45:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 170016989b99c3087fce842af8e1b4c7 SHA-1: d27be2fa5a985512e15ab168f25f3dcc3097ed4f SHA-256: 4fe17e99258fc64bd8f6c1c09623b8cfe9bd5ce933703b4baed45fd105203c34
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of multiple external URIs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly support the attack pattern of directing users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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 https://machnik.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3527715837.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iu98go3vo868qsevr6on0o4qb4/vagazevukebadovogafek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c67cb2d4c---medurelatasefetik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdrowejaja.com/Upload/file/45104526022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5i6jkvvu63ajpkqv0cbr1ms0o0/kidizonivasejudojamilonok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/borifavajabup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf5ca1c388---xenenuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/teponuvojamogopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrdiborice.cz/erucom1/files/files/belexulezerodawobikasilil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d325c25ba2---37611867651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiapelhrimov.cz/UserFiles/File/69699372067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.com/uploads/file/tipiwalamepukiwurabazoxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608056720a8dc---42698927188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qnl7bbfrh193s5r09l9p0b2ueh/nuditekuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quanticabtl.com/cms_2018_quantica/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/51905680269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/sedilofagirubowazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608e0b7141efa---15292692010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a233b354ac26c573481f7ac1207bcc6/gibumutunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/13456287455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ristorantebiscione.com/userfiles/files/rudasavene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ogcdc.org/uploads/ck_upload/files/rizivakit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55thocscompany.com/clients/62662/File/57750514803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otoozevran.com/resimler/files/ridexokalitenobilaxurekol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54e830a96d05c699fd6205070c4a6ae2/87617339128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cdb0be70f4393b0bf73e87dccd33c17/58751486423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/zotixagesavepumejozan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=diet+plan+for+stone+patientPDF 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_off0000c9fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9FA 10352 bytes
SHA-256: 5ff26464eba151174626d60c715481b456c79c7497036fa264fcc66a87badb2f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e17c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE17C 17540 bytes
SHA-256: 4547826d8add0927a54e619ffa26c5b553f17487a82342669e8459b64d1a21ed
font_02_sfnt_off00010e23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1