Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 617f7c50c79ee32f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:27:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1638cbc6ff75a6ccc72dc94c046f30a7 SHA-1: e2f01bfc522c288b291b4a549d72bc040eacd9e1 SHA-256: 617f7c50c79ee32f1be702d41ef6369e0842872ca4a2b49094e3783341fa6b39
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, potentially leading users to download further malicious content or engage in phishing activities. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/rejixupomefodojowum.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/120f7260a521ed32977b3394824ccd8a/gixuzilorogitabilewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aejmo0alc.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64775637788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9jp4jrb9utfh3g520c28hb17v5/nerilanuripo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdaudit.ro/userfiles/file/xedokibasagufafofedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c132a98a25a---5253408108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13e50dd02667cd60e41b440f3007aeb9/28719659927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/23657588326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geo-decouverte.com/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79566036761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/11962222848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f22df8914b---wobazukewelipamenifira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/859176da2c8e9846cebdb427ffdcd1a8/80941248382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulgreeter.com/userData/board/file/77894878112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inventory-acepipe.com/images/uploads/files/6419158199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100292559d73---pimotaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/295744d733c10e1e77464a80b5ffe83c/meveberunulumivedaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/bimapusodibizarogaforad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spamsmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/96818821739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nctvd4tjkfh81i8de37anp2151/77322338701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northern-japan.com/image/upload/File/80836349142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/deloje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/nivozix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budapestpainter.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tebike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/jewebavojaromezideli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/barutasezupelaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=aprender+italiano+pdf+portuguesPDF 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_off0000d481.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD481 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 971d3bdd00d77f2cc81038a1e69571339be0fea420ff8ca718d7827d3b660434
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED26 18436 bytes
SHA-256: 93c6f7614020e7d327e41d83c56d2da3a12b479cda7304e84fa5bf0b9392139a
font_02_sfnt_off00011cf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1