Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 917caa4a19f41884…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:28:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 234adf193c484334608002ce86fd7740 SHA-1: e3573f3e580ef14bd2c658f83a1de2ecdcff3788 SHA-256: 917caa4a19f418843fb9fa292351b6ae97eeb6dc82ee5516dd321d3e0f37d5d3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure are indicative of a spearphishing attachment, likely designed 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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=questionnaire+method+advantages+and+disadvantages+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/78004769122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardnersunited.com/clients/e/eb/eb3320446930dd457027df34457c622b/File/mirezapomejesisalawapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10986766117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/fabizelilufuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdesignhouse.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/48401876106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zangerlelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gebutuvunododit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holyfamilycyo.org/clients/37654/File/wetelupufenaporumekuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oa0rs4uhb9ukgaeqkbibbri20s/27991488014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.smartfutureexpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97070205605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e98358e5f38---53348030945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p6es8g2ic6metfdtqbch44u145/47313279742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italianopizzeria-pg.com/uploads/files/wegetubajuritedikejezutig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxadesumexisazurumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/89491182861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/zemuvosozulaxatusiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a56005d6858---konerabusafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090786808daa---kolavojikatenex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shriayurvednagpur.org/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guralivakikipokufulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1al5jvqbonjga9vru77kb6nm3/91744914742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aac1b2458---15062203903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/usr15b4e2ja55k1otpkfejm4e4/28656617287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/47701891720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketex.com/trcgp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pawuxopom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f44a180e4---tejudufipukusepuwilud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000edaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDAF 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 0319e671fc8ff241e6bf9fd6bec4f8b5bfa5854b4471b22766ed796aa8254299
font_01_sfnt_off00011a57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001326e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1326E 11124 bytes
SHA-256: f86b7f541cde058d60924c0666dca72057b3b62516b57fb73f5570c0a6c886c5