Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 917bd1e4abf74ed6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-09 20:08:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0ad6c86fcff2728dd5605f9898b0962e SHA-1: 346b036e522b0eb63e9d33f01ae2a7833cd6b089 SHA-256: 917bd1e4abf74ed628989fa5aaa1aa3faf5e59a7e07043e376df5eca79ad5d89
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious content. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure point towards an attack pattern involving spearphishing attachments designed to lure users into downloading further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://jpt.mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/buvirafojezatiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gn531nipo9n4rb4ubhkvdrbpj2/52358606270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorsexpress.biz/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/4149397772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatcanidoforyou.eu/publish/file/12539130122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beauti-full.ru/uploads/files/rumuwuxifuzuxetena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaseguroseprevidencia.com/fotosempresa/files/5517021598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiddeefire.com/media/userfiles/files/53891611577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maraulsan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/supogadubuwonewakoxiregud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d7aacc30b---razizutib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drisraadentalcenter.com/userfiles/file/85743014365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40943507947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed6751f0a5---40694276213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techscreening.com/userfiles/files/16555225572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orthovision-lublin.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gipuxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yusungchart.com/userData/board/file/4800659467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161334b868f1a9---30740346215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/kujedukumaguzuneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613567891d306---fozupowujumasuvawijekoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/82227024502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139e5bd4dcff---39520343492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gimhaejazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/lafazaguxefijizowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324798106e2---fepalavejafesagakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursverwaltung.fit-n-essen.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92627989831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.ovh/userfiles/files/jodusubulagerir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=uninstall+talkback+appPDF 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_off0000da83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA83 10252 bytes
SHA-256: bddd485f1f7348734f9a0d6c6b35985a8cfa9a4d116f291b98ec7d92c88ffeb7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f16f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010981.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10981 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 15859994039b1121615df209822f020f743e9cd35d9206a565f072ff6dd74f45