Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 617ae2f5ca91a459…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 18:08:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: de0cfeb6b2a9972d400be23bbb532e22 SHA-1: d75325f3fc74115beb9b1d180f980d0bad62a04e SHA-256: 617ae2f5ca91a459c893ce62e3e8b5c8c3f04d187021612a7d4f054cc72aba48
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://stephan-kratt.de/data/reiterhof/userfiles/file/wajuwutelanajivuzilefesu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142cecd07941---fepusereweru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espiber.cl/images/uploadedimages/file/papusujoranajosaxomez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hippocratio.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuxebawel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weboonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66481154281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasairamenbar.com/uploads/files/jujeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210903150639179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radio-aurea.eu/files/file/99232203083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevenhillsgroup.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xopoxuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexe7cho.vn/upload/files/jazabojefojepep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/dodotefatowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1night2day.com/ckupload/files/kigirebopevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/fuliwexagixoler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wu-pao.com/upfiles/editor/files/84108280944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voziky-paletove.cz/mctree.cz/pictures/other/files/15094803301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hexema.com/FCKeditor/file/65172355997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/438ab7a8e95d61ffbf1194f4cc02f458/87004098139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/56876488534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omnoiptv.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/dojurejovamibuzif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mydreamtuscanwedding.com/editor_up/89338511956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305c0ac3873---monuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/86705179424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psystems.gr/Administrator/uploads/userpics/OutPostImages/files/diposuvasafozow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larustt.com/upload/ckfinder/files/62016092636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somsit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79060319105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://multimetrics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xerijuzegevete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymenhome-etsinta.net/tiedostot/files/41945929207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=games+like+counter+strike+for+androidPDF 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_off0000f2d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D0 10868 bytes
SHA-256: df47c781754f9cf7000ad42af4eb8ab7669f514cbd2f10075c90c9bca9cbe837
font_01_sfnt_off00010bec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BEC 17172 bytes
SHA-256: fbb1bf3afd74c95d0fb9f082049f66d71eda1bc09a582b03dd297231e49549ed
font_02_sfnt_off0001383a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1383A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1