Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 617d0a2e293abb8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 12:57:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c939e94f2f5162ba4cabda9c62cc9d12 SHA-1: 2f4d645056e934ee21da43a6c6dbb06b95263931 SHA-256: 617d0a2e293abb8df674d4b21dfae92ac41eec4f4f9472a8e7a9edb07c336093
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or redirection strategy. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a spearphishing attachment used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://dpholding.ru/uploads/files/dupanasibipaminoluwigi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://infinity-c-t.com/userfiles/file/62931193748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/tepiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141629e698a8---37460157749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erimti.com/userfiles/file/45724300447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsanaq.com/upload/file/21091615123800475834bed0mbb9nb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614432e3dad79---17654437918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphanaturehk.com/userfiles/file/30725894303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tacchigroup.com/public/thread/risorse/file/15796276497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamtamphat.com/upload/files/83454822604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.org/contents/files/zediwom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144dbc02240f---kofigov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jerseyshorepirates.com/userfiles/files/97799840172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/96269006043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ng4fj4soflaujl2spa5gn64g4u/890921393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcoegypt.com/userfiles/files/mamidazopofisidigun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darstin.com/userfiles/files/jagedanitawowalip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://408of53crownstreet.com/assets/media/files/pukujibuzuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furnitura-syndicat.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/50581252914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airxps.com/userfiles/files/dodidobutezanaroxomiwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iucecb.com/files/file/32069482151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepasidemedical.com/images/uploads/file/gidemusiruwolifuvudima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technology-mp.it/userfiles/files/2841176404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adas-muko.pl/photo/file/44371196335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303fac28a60---woxuwodasode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=snapchat+apk+download+pcPDF 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_off0000e3a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC0 10372 bytes
SHA-256: b49b1df4dd5623e2581755f0fb1161854a7393a48b6daeeb99a7d4f6ac924ffb
font_02_sfnt_off00011334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11334 19548 bytes
SHA-256: e6e2ae65b7c007b1456a849f4a7f3aefe26e2489b80ba582227c0a5922f0d095

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