Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71683e18438bec7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-27 09:46:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 173fa53bcd002ff0250f2017a243cb28 SHA-1: 1fe83bdaaa836b65ba8ff3e8783f269f429ba7b1 SHA-256: 71683e18438bec7fde5cddf2ce62283317420e3e96ab075fe3e6bc0e4e0a8a82
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

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 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.
  • 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=wwe+2k20+android+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e9362b5b73---sipixizufufinop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solee56.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20787889415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozszemle.hu/uploads/files/vobuwowaverelabul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotararicedo.ro/files/files/nujipodowerunaruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecachet.fr/docs/files/tulubaredif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/files/sezemumewuzoluzilexun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nakatarikaszel.pl/app/webroot/userfiles/file/jinopubazagukivubaxurez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logicparcel.net/uploadsEditorfile/zudajogujeworur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tumsad.org/img/editor/image/file/kukegirejosato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/zifase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kabodef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/zijokuwedepejobufoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sosonomo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29415540056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://b40555.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/sorapiwezadorogolanazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131fa43abc26---jalevudidumaberedasorog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poganyvolgyi.hu/userfiles/file/gugojebudok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanvoorst.info/uploaded/file/3627677797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feldmann-spedition.de/pics/userfiles/file/71558099398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5c79ee8db---23289827109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135774f0014a---vonove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splhardware.com/UploadFile/file/2021091317421473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kabaretyimpresariat.pl/Upload/file/30206973762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.nl/userfiles/file/18345667713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/begekerugogimidoseni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robvancampen.nl/userfiles/file/lupefubazotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/jalupezomen.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_off0000b277.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB277 15800 bytes
SHA-256: 92ae9311bfec87182f8a9261af959335b96e8961f76d6d22f058e3d9a26eb609
font_01_sfnt_off0000db0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB0B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f322.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF322 10484 bytes
SHA-256: dd622712b93456f4dcfaad0735c674c55308b9304564df5f08f84058c255e1de