Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a17e0046e7d984bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:59:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 41cf5ed0a34fa8249a81cd003c86575a SHA-1: 6b5da794e884edb50c3b52e354bf4b80fb2204ce SHA-256: a17e0046e7d984bda2ebf5b59480849472a8371e1d9f1549a121c232d75ed24f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites. The heuristics indicate it's designed to host malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3df3a595fe3611f0db58e3db1c4816bb/viginibokilubasovile.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artbynela.com/uploads/file/72660500511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/689e78320bf14a9fb49f6dda4ba70114/tefimeroka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610437a41f19e---ginevar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipsgroupjjn.org/userfiles/file/32558401804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/zevebobesekejito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megashina24.ru/files/files/raremififalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/nodopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085dac00fe53---nepojapuzuzububokekafiwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noxsun.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210814235143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatngungoisaoxanh.com/upload/files/87936056803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/zejikora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c974a6f019b---jufipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a33038409---wuwofitakabadobubipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160818381177c8---kifegitifixakabogisinamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faithleader.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muwebefasufasabeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8ae5r53q2a66uttri4uh2gt73/28656147244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c1887ecf7b2609b68a2d3f092482f8f/46596672793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f692d1e78---30388049269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mppoa.cloudlinesystems.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zejaredimovubefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=electromagnetic+induction+problems+pdfPDF 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_off0000bbb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBB9 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 99fc3ef01ae9584ba5e7036df396d6ee46c3e772be1ca88ddbad4bf1e2f57b99
font_01_sfnt_off0000d567.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD567 16292 bytes
SHA-256: 905ab8e4d51396972f641e773998554525167e8b24e7abad7dafa5c21bf28bfa
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1