Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c17e39e16f998c2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 13:14:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e3890bab207133f6a5a6aa1109794d2c SHA-1: bd984d7430091d71b3c57ea7f0c1e5846d319cfe SHA-256: c17e39e16f998c2ed20c513b9986132c6f4706c9f2263efecf8d4d2bef395059
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+share+contacts+from+ios+to+android PDF link annotation
    • https://pioneerlift.com/upfiles/editor/files/lirolaguxakonibow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieseam.org/userfiles/files/folibenumaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lanaecoloridabruzzo.it/userfiles/file/53594770882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromedicoveterinarioadda.com/userfiles/files/jajugunegebabufoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megacook.pt/site/upload/file/97932027056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalcenterstudio.it/userfiles/files/6248069770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/jikadimunanozisafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/esk2k52ardt14jtvermkiqtkd7/99150322399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613952d1a2404---6568357213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68365925689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sesconbs.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91837248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiroyoung.com/data/files/gubivusajakavilixagefujum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tekizolasyon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wezoxano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuocnam.xyz/images/files/fitogejedimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613130bf13675---zezerorekevuzevejafobura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stock2morrow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54896771118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/ckfinder/files/files/93690381194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eternoohydro.com/d/files/408814863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613753f539dbb---gutajarokiwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwalabamaave.com/uploads/files/70356550179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voziky-paletove.cz/mctree.cz/pictures/other/files/30209326553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613694814cb52---gepunuris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liveisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98893794529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isitekmuhendislik.com/userfiles/file/86386513549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/43805510867.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_off0000c475.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC475 10772 bytes
SHA-256: aefe5e3f74c1d9d63c40bc52f56f2dea5d34648a70d014fed458e43923506c0e
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f52f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF52F 16336 bytes
SHA-256: 1d842cfb4ca01d4fa81b8069d5703d05e03ad5ecbef5e1de7e58b79f6d7fb9e4