Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f17dd8e8fe716e2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-11 17:53:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8760b1ff1f58957ff4cd38f7f4d05213 SHA-1: 5f22c0ea54702a0394c89f324ae7e13ef6518a6c SHA-256: f17dd8e8fe716e2c6763a27706356494b62e25b25aedabf2643a5645735892ef
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it's part of a link farm, with several URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://azco.friend-match.com/upload/files/38877426694.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.hu/upload/97891690678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiumevivo.it/userfiles/files/zosul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citty.org/images/uploads/file/tetibowadetomejananuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/12088765247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackinthegymtpe.com/uploads/files/202109080836445919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03782a55bbcdd026bef43d5a63fb0b1e/34451091900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkenkalip.com/files/lilabopemelirobewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoclassicalmansions.com/uplds/file/xesapasoliniriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automyjka.pl/automyjka.pl/userfiles/file/duvunuzawimijugudixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanjutpt1.com/contents/files/26986483331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://club-integra.ru/userfiles/file/zularefojoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srs-budapest.hu/uploads/files/38264695641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mut-zur-veraenderung-hambuch.de/userfiles/file/mofenulaxapowezurepox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138e9c590d1d---72035523992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://institut-arabe.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voxenuwizulutexinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.eu/userfiles/file/bavujadetopaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aostavet.it/userfiles/files/37241190542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balarampurblock.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suwana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nineslash.com/user_file/file/popoguwopuvisobibuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdknoodles.co/uploads/files/70952388143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/33711058444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archifolder.com/userfiles/files/difaduxoboxemevipikajem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oa9dfjtvca83rc7lslv5imtnp5/musupobutekiparomoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup3.com/contents/files/medodalolutodigoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=oh+holy+night+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_off0000c3ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3EF 10356 bytes
SHA-256: d80ea4b0d46f427b0fa263cd38a59569d17ea52023ee155a4407c171d95c93b4
font_01_sfnt_off0000dafc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAFC 18292 bytes
SHA-256: d9922b4c8bdd9c5c2529866d1eb8c84ee162f0c285b8e7a711843c53256dbb72
font_02_sfnt_off00010a51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A51 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1