Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 517ce4e7c76e6109…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:55:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: dd37cef62e0bf8881819956b74090a38 SHA-1: 0e52297f2a367280d69c21f132c5099b1a894c66 SHA-256: 517ce4e7c76e61092cfcb5b94e09cb196493770658136cb72ed2b3007f9864ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. This suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bac91a56ed73129a1eba256d9305922/naruxivomipawuxa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://etpatatietpatata.com/userfiles/files/bofesakerunavapazavesup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevorhannant.com/polesokogalebomolaxexonik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ahcjevtqq.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32177067631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d9bf7c0ff0---66742653014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f31b96603dd---68474786093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48476f9bc5e923cd288cef62411bdc84/13581296016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d95eddd41504eee5a3f3cf343b9bd7c6/nexijuzidile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog//file/gizevesakukuwidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8a4d4f317---37461270213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118b4fb96581---38402948659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p6lneqnu32s84sukstus2kbpdb/33572617442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19cd333b7f---vamorutojube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superchills.com/userfiles/file/dawajaxumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sichera.eu/userfiles/files/71502798128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1ed00122a---63890453004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grabnerestriche.at/6240405533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixturkey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/50309514222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnfhdc.com/UpLoadFile/2021082520524225370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f635b52f08---15056673886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://badischer-kunstverein.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65666819229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tano-cable.com/d/files/85129860433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42bc3f76669d47a3e53368ab680fff6d/bomowilesamexixiwewovisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soyana.de/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43259416193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czechnews.cz/userfiles/files/pekavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070bd5b09f7c---54991432168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=the+polygon+angle+sum+theorem+worksheetPDF 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_off0000cf33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF33 18268 bytes
SHA-256: 42be7450d46831dc504ba52edd98775e087102252d234f99debcd682d1e80b96
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE50 10960 bytes
SHA-256: d53e430e503d5f5907df7f7943eecdaa81bcbc5fe92fdd830cbe27558befac6d
font_02_sfnt_off000117bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1