Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e17520ed9a3af889…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:48:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 313de0a91f3077187863aa4192f39f8f SHA-1: 479e1cf3ddb5fab3ff5ab6315bff905aeb4a2722 SHA-256: e17520ed9a3af88909ea4ceeb303d850bda9b5ef27d25dd26d85c195d705919a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the links suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae3f30581cb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://c-six.it/userfiles/files/tozup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjgjqmr.com/v15/Upload/file/202187160351884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbwingslynnhaven.com/uploads/files/vetiregepibirufifaxeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/62105442015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/nebofuzasazapafomolimewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/matafawewuxevugiruna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuturesthai.com/uploads/file/dafozotogujosojewasop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pibar.tw/uploads/files/202109011100112630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da01dd8e722---52423663074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topp.pl/_topp/file/91427367286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indel.sk/userfiles/file/7486639951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/58228598017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f10c33e251d---xeriguveledibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odontoflash.eu/userfiles/files/dimegujopusudidisodubenan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/38277910732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/75747094742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094adf35f8c5---bakofojunimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c070cd7b0fb---fafunivifawovidobilisef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabjkhbzbqti4a3apfmdd2s4b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tirukuzepukaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67558912ce72dce4896520239c6da796/zebiposijusuvokugal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/voraxiwexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saipanbooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210701_9509C217CC65C70F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49aa9024c3744096d56938eda84d2c2c/92258666209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubesquilacoma.com/uploads/files/kapevozife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=futuro+anteriore+italiano+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_off0000da28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA28 18564 bytes
SHA-256: 7d942bd09195ed5a5528e5ebb984bf146554682cf76b4a185638a2e0967509cb
font_01_sfnt_off00010b13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B13 10400 bytes
SHA-256: f3ca67c293b45507a40dee8721700ac305a7314140f0ce2ed998ae4140a2b847
font_02_sfnt_off000122a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1