Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a17041e0308e8755…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-08 18:54:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3c9b36bd182744d8d4591cd4c9606bfe SHA-1: 86ab66d3c7124cbc2c592625ba6d98b9667eea8c SHA-256: a17041e0308e8755b25805f6cc75d2894ed4a71769827f43621cc5eef6cd85ed
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document impersonates a cloud file-sharing service, a common lure for phishing attacks. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is likely used to redirect the user to malicious URLs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, with the embedded JavaScript likely facilitating the download or redirection to a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Cloud document impersonation lure medium SE_CLOUD_DOC_LURE
    Document impersonates a cloud file-sharing service such as SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, or Microsoft 365 and asks the user to open, verify, or access a shared document
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mechanics+of+materials+8th+edition+google+drive PDF link annotation
    • https://intersensor.ro/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/62075815862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worthingtonpark101.com/userimages/lalosudemigeloxigulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5vm5seeds9gpttrm85buc64u3/58027749846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hg80k8ltjl1kj0677kshtm41jj/17793431255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadtbild-intervention.de/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90511586972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/kaxudovavuvoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argyleliquidations.com/userfiles/files/nibolozuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arch.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6984914527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6j5aq6ik4kd9i53dtmq58krl52/jatuvosisasijujazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linkingpeople.info/userfiles/file/jodibiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2llfg5vsalc4dnecevf48o9ti3/zuxelad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/47135958122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitesal.com/data/images/file/5524_20210713045032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c4888d309b7e54ee30043c158b6e811/dalosetamafutow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d19e651fd5---34953626734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreaminitiative.org/Content/Admin/uploads/files/72997406519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0c98aab057---pafepetidemebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47378378716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firmabudowlanawalczak.pl/web/uploads/files/fujiwadobaxutupulobiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0012c96cb---giwuzer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/27293184969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/96428957966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoskola-scp.com/files/mesav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072148ae2544---69972460722.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_off0000ef82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF82 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010794.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10794 17360 bytes
SHA-256: b75cbdcf9399bee59ef32277ff9ec4388fc9350d93b5579aa3d6ffd1097f95c1
font_02_sfnt_off0001349a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1349A 11192 bytes
SHA-256: c000047073580f8361c0ee1643e70e4ae5b68b9463dec2e373bafa8e3b98e0ca