Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de17f1b207cd46f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:46:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9ea070a18b1028e70d4a32fe7500a26e SHA-1: 2243a388d8165ae4e5c900d70a5a94e6ca09e671 SHA-256: de17f1b207cd46f0b36bc91dd06acbaf3088a61815c3afda843af4c8546d5282
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, with a significant number pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload from one of the provided URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00039c3de7---90011280175.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://moveworldtogether.com/datas/files/dimuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/78111753429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/40569163431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.nesdb.go.th/ic/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mokexafudiloxaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffa596bbfdf---29912580293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yngc.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43221570332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/nodinamazavibakasojuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityhelps.org/clients/6/61/61afa7a028a8e04f14432b0fece6f2b0/File/xaxabonepagigevogupusafar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rmft5ji956i25fc18tsie5qvc2/64237634928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralatemples.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/defitedezowubise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bankkrtya-41a.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99944973679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantusmarina.com/UserFiles/file/zinagekanuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delve-cr.com/uploads/29031119538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0dt8m7jt174loe6alkusqqafp/roguzimubanatitiwatajufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/57146541903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://focalthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/94723765836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f79966fce5---widemujuxirepevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/47716876387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36f95aa3f25e8363a12adb7922b3081c/kuxugudumawilasiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22611290556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qef67e1kqch1pc7ho7pc2tb05g/97284275188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5iur13t5q9gemr18nboj50fgss/65831854872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=lower+left+abdominal+pain+hurts+to+touchPDF 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_off0000d95a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD95A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f16c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16C 15836 bytes
SHA-256: a377adad57877d6c9b3caa1b4dd514cab751e038800992403b72805ca0544e1b
font_02_sfnt_off00011a15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A15 11168 bytes
SHA-256: 19adc70565d2c744bbeb5dbcca8ee956acfeb7a20a49cc9e5fdcb251cad24f0d