Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71738de8c39fde1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-08-14 11:33:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 571a11c63c777c561a137f0329c308a1 SHA-1: 679afc0febfed7ae845191f070d53b5930935697 SHA-256: 71738de8c39fde1b0f3a0a04127ee481d9be31113440f5eb9da4b0a0a5dd4f8b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient to infer a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+get+unlimited+gems+in+dragon+city PDF link annotation
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7d4c1a1c8c692ee0482be53ee17525a/vekimida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/4721183758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubforeducation.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/rasunuwelibovaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d81398508---30836443523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projectmine.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2346976407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhigh65.com/clients/4970/File/soludiwudazudenef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidsjeodo.com/images/files/wagiditivizidazusojan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2a011e7eae4ad34923e79a98a614f14/sibovabiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac3261927fa0e1921febae855cb39de6/xeloxerisajapadiwalejux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1627899477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhactheducthammy.com/upload/files/7166670928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c14d5f62e059208adf4ceaff3be97d19/fibafalivalojutit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://culbertsonlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nazijapelevuwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colantuono.it/userfiles/files/dimufoxegibuzolimubesab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9b0f380b3---99649971853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/68966581799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f24774c7c7---namana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ur21co5s5oo20mee0vij51hnk7/70115236193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/bobidafemexitenenana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717fbcd5dab---rikigikurebagusesireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cka-shiba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89027275521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87dbb9fd34---16178175999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/60208086839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urduhadith.org/survey/userfiles/files/rijogob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbb6ahq3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sixamupivuwaveg.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_off0000f7cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7CD 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 539536672fcf8860b6cf2a831b7f4a3508dbfa8d51ef2c0dc4e4306f89fdf381
font_01_sfnt_off0001251f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1251F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013d36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D36 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 3b7448e5ab6e5847e74f7a3f3728afa1f1dbea24a9eb31f5249c800a1f1cfec2