Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71a29a481714d654…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:00:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cb1909f6e5d6cb2885f33a067fe3c355 SHA-1: 423edbb3ce5348368bd0e76957d87b2ca2cde845 SHA-256: 71a29a481714d6542834b432154e989dfc94d20fb533ec604dae60c34b440483
196 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 0.9932

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 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://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/lozivamexenufipokutolugo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/23282729878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f47922639155dd0b6b937307d6bfaee4/34676309781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/kifimenemiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7effeac40---voxegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.ro/images/file/67542441569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ccc81755c1c2c952e2c9b8021d53d58/21030251350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberryhomemade.com/userfiles/files/8891219266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ujmmklj0ukhabb6q12101m8dq3/70470131339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/9119329076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/50893611621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralgiving.com/media/userfiles/file/35591110247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/weboniwuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://startent.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/44501303691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gayaarchi.com/userfiles/file/20210826083437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novo-foto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gunopezepefusaludides.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9a7bc0a1b5---duliruboriluzebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transgusto.ch/userfiles/file/613098619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/98528937148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05a9462fa7---85512765996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfb1f98da2---vuxunebamegesenuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840e983c3c8---bijatiwekesuguvisunodufen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1be9c82d18d9ed8028ff9ae71b336682/98167726348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=2001+bayliner+ciera+2855+manualPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e535.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE535 22608 bytes
SHA-256: a05f329e7aff86d667c9a174d814e1ab671883df5b60249392a7ded842efdc74
font_01_sfnt_off00011f59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013766.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13766 1820 bytes
SHA-256: ef4c56b83544acc0eae329b123dcb13384a4443b8ee25b6b011fcec9f25c534c
font_03_sfnt_off00013ff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FF1 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 3919f85208ac579418ec1f846094c20818774c4b7835d03588818a081362fb08