Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d17ca877d485fe73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-07-31 01:15:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8c37a06aa98a5974804ae780aa6f03fe SHA-1: 1f7543433cd77e4156e9c477d781ad47cb2494f3 SHA-256: d17ca877d485fe73dbf78463a5c8daea6aeb3c40aa2d65242f490d735b26aa26
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs are likely used to redirect users to a malicious payload, potentially a second-stage downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7h64ror3a7lgrmfe3vvkp65p6/28143090360.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085de81d44c1---71523858766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b7bc36a275---wetomuvotopulatali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/64471002027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b428b493f---83152697667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emannsltd.com/userfiles/73028846322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents//files/28348582791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870ea9d9cc2---46745472241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakamurasangyou.jp/app/webroot/uploads/files/22972087979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegnasrl.com/userfiles/files/basegekasopudigiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purefeeling8.com/data/file/62622659175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/tesikojaniwebevegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a792b807508---4918376601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuzulinomod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermiradiatoriai.lt/images/files/jididijekekujiritevojus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatishev.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefogexuxitar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609579eb5ce91---vimoxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vj8ansuo5bmtaf0fi6agp6gv3/fisawabikinumekina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gg8ji7al8uh9chkg9vig0r9j2g/gotenalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22r2ufurqak2juh7plb2itmilq/midonelenirujefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/fejigugotomeveminafiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuminhtam.com/Images_upload/files/peroxovekogokugov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengyaweb.com/uploadfile/file/2021072817593822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=dinosaur+battle+world+championship+list+of+matchesPDF 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_off00010086.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10086 11212 bytes
SHA-256: dd39fdda89041df3baaaae148b3dd52e60eefeebbd7751ce3da003bbf09d90a7
font_01_sfnt_off00011a6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001327d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1327D 17904 bytes
SHA-256: f33420112e9192766911478498d9cdabadb298c624b5e6f2ecaf7e3d23754ec0