Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f17c86d225a9087b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:01:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 3a67db406ab7f097229c550b76d528ef SHA-1: 7b632e66063730bfb28434b6f86e23d8598ab3c3 SHA-256: f17c86d225a9087bdb305243bc9f42b83b5891461a93fcacb0b9f5a6be8f096d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious documents that often leverage embedded JavaScript to redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=speaking+cue+cards+2019+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/newoxedimemofira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jdconstinc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58938372302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/75877192216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4626a2f456267a4dfd5f29daa0ab9300/12755626504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/17655417275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161003abf57238---taxedikoxenero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leuphuotcamap.com/uploads/image/files/bedubaxanuwajewine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kogpv56vafc45g1ii4161f9rcd/rimabamejagivosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab3416ca121---25815497248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiu-hang.com/upfiles/editor/files/tesogix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1aa73bf3fc---20141149256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/31513641457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gep6vf8tjs5astsnn5u6bgslsm/52483120640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04e23acfc97061f7b014b5c5b2dd2d18/77802172757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879768beaca---7097392421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc4d9b9de00---gijuxurodufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a27456785f9d84fc0ed9f6cae238603b/2018724347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607afdf818664---toperaluliwerawibidadop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd10255e8b2747b94314cdfda255ebed/62726364327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a61115ffc286ce5fcb9fa763b4f132dd/92841980261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ri-rm.ru/userfiles/file/62060005614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5oav2ko6blfl2s6u6lvq26f2kq/63686296725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hiroyoung.com/data/files/kozivitoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ngc290l3kvlice1savju38h19/78093770753.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_off00016ad5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16AD5 18476 bytes
SHA-256: f4210c1c03b6c2c52572d5f4194bcea7dda17a8e46dd20becc2909e9957b5fb6
font_01_sfnt_off00019ae7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19AE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001b2fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B2FE 11512 bytes
SHA-256: 9297aaac630cf762c8c17fee4d2c7796a06c493b278b2c992d1b333245072353

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