Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c17975896cc4d117…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-26 02:05:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a899121481c84bc3a63f4165699e9f98 SHA-1: e2f94e218724b2b09a25da302dd569fd6f31bbc7 SHA-256: c17975896cc4d1178323bbac4ac97e4df82c1ada9626b5345d6bb182071f3d19
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites, which are part of a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, potentially for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=unit+11+volume+and+surface+area+homework+4+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9405b32a0c7381ee0620aa871a05079f/bujikitedix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e40f2b67399---janukamopetudavenorowezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/127d382199c80ee2ea7802acc6bd483f/devewex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxhk365.com/uploads/file///kujiwazenupivutogutozanam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.luthier-auxerre.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rogidomipugirofamobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071987f3f63d---tesupoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ongcke5ifb7b1c5bo0ef7ake8a/82562160879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattoco.vn/images/ckeditor/files/32245656756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terminsk.by/pics/files/71133829848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vendsol.com/userfiles/file/kajimulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/beladopixixibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883ad2608af---89197919604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105af4975907---mubemoxisiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d5fb72c6e2203d90696ee0cf152d9e5/duzimudobikiluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongnhatrang.com/uploads/files/vezojimodulimas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6akpj9hv17o3u4c809ff4f5jar/fapepiferevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/53600517870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifo-sea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96761171593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b64ddc2d86---rokirivafivifosixego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peoplefineart.com/assets/202108/files/20210813090319353154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0c184262d8---90103171690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loruwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/357acac52f77f8db14b80fc5e1987964/27892404303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdenet.mn/userfiles/file/73462730465.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_off0000e150.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE150 16700 bytes
SHA-256: 84dab900fb4f04fefde6c79293ee0b5644ce6f91d9350f74920645863efef950
font_01_sfnt_off00010cdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CDD 11336 bytes
SHA-256: 3324176b1abc5ccf8c9ab93a33357733eeacba12a35b19af86b50b217c57c77e
font_02_sfnt_off00012792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12792 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1