Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a17456dad0505a5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-10 12:51:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 63e6a60f6890d001eb8b95041589327e SHA-1: fb1e081eb8e3545894d059681912cfc1cf55c16b SHA-256: a17456dad0505a5e96a2161a433809bbdb9bd443fd3f5a9ef6583b99f90e31cb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or exploit kits. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient to assess the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://schilderlesvakantie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sanilasirajapo.pdf
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/pelefu.pdf
    • http://www.trotasierra.com/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jolosomarejipuli.pdf
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/18105840765.pdf
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1467d981cd2170b12d884824382cd6c/moninajowa.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abaefea24185f9dc895f685452fcad13/94346581382.pdf
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89b6e11bf8af10f4a99a85b73a5938c2/49824359065.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863092646ec---83130480698.pdf
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/godagamamenobotasizeta.pdf
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8133abf5b---32828692523.pdf
    • http://abwmechanicsville.com/uploads/files/10638159466.pdf
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/454678c82dc5f0700b33ee4f22f5981f/kesafonexurorulo.pdf
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b22fd7deb6---42465549655.pdf
    • http://hchs1972.com/clients/2/2c/2cb73362227bcfbd3ed6ae01b5b3dc46/File/viseza.pdf
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccf543cdb624e47c5d065333e03938dd/mewakilabiludinupanuvule.pdf
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70557fajkn0mm4d57majbu8qfe/sobobusajimud.pdf
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58cdecea42de40048ac8be76b17f885b/noxurip.pdf
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/pupinuxamegogotegofe.pdf
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fhotsc7tmuhq4ln7i4fveh1aie/mipigugetutepozanosiso.pdf
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fd6e5641233e12454f1e31f4ad416ee/musovejudiwijok.pdf
    • http://thaimassagemodel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buliwuwazoguderogukele.pdf
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/29615060202.pdf
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-5/20210705095733160897.pdf
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tinakhue4p1b24pvgp705t3dn1/19919813606.pdf
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/45048399272.pdf
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5039c2b89---nodolorajajeparesoxabeto.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=particulate+antigen+and+soluble+antigen
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f5a6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5A6 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010db8.bin
01a28f13163d53d958c5bcf65785f3ddbb24b8d4f1ad5c22e97950250f791465
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DB8 17144 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013a93.bin
38f3595e2238d4d62b5f29658463b232c8ad0d5ec3067628c4c26290b0b441d0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A93 10784 bytes