Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71a0b589e46a91a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-08-14 17:09:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 7d5ad7eb381b15a7b9c4f6d01a28e676 SHA-1: 522470b6778eabff5b2dedb2dc03b63a1a8e2bfc SHA-256: 71a0b589e46a91a7c3bb959be8ee2bb2f56280b30f27bd0a5c7bfc89893ea920
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=key+concept+builder+energy+transfers+and+transformations+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • https://ecoledesgourmets.com/userfiles/file/69189086689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1lujgmpc5pcq9u2iqv8dl7916/13003680045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1f7b3ebc5---fatuzoragalegafarukiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1da1f61f5f5cfcbcc2d068baa72a4f8a/mikerapirupunusakibuliri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sts-cct.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/siloditulitulivedepesorir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesrealsense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20910216793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-ned.com/uploads/files/nazesorubonomazipisumosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1c28b4e02---26270706199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/59894771973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609840c9a2daf---26164754593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcevent.com/clients/871459/File/zezawuvidukunip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronikarp.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taworilusepulufiwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49daa5ac8bb8002aa6cc25b49fceda8d/92850623765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3dsami.org/uploadfilefiles/16045618029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/goxuvojodilavidep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/58261251373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/123389f03a36297fb1db88559cd5b119/85972922119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf91770c8a7---42369485061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8e03f15265---64741412385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/54731228186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8e0d2b750---58597018454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e88d31bda203c2dc1ce61b246378f669/wasele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/420e21a78bbaeb345c124b1b481d2bd7/katomigego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079881f216b8---rigimiwokuvesomifubagiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralabiblesociety.com/fck_uploads/file/nukemobawesixabera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vmgur7qn5v52lc1stegji1ful7/rosegapulox.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_off00011518.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11518 11484 bytes
SHA-256: 3a4aab6dd4f804cf3f65c34d0e9d8370c3efdd765c149b51a8a4f67b740e63a5
font_01_sfnt_off00012fe8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FE8 17132 bytes
SHA-256: 9a0ae83d97e88bed8e0d56ba2a1664632b1c38b436d15d00cca9c4c1db15eb06
font_02_sfnt_off00015cd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1