Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71a9fcef98b2390a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:46:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 646f7fc3faba4cdf743e7aa951e5cd6f SHA-1: 23dfad87f349c3abff4e984a22d942b90ec5ed64 SHA-256: 71a9fcef98b2390ac137e8f95d76f3738a311177d29584ba5757a19b21b88e42
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple compromised upload paths and disposable hosting indicates an effort to evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862d3ee3940---tilazamev.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://media-production.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/reluvupevileji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eprobatdz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64379531927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b566eec1aa---jebugijezekojuzizokuran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e0fe5495c---95975882823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/19903410592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/63894304788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opuntia.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2982b89b22ad348a81f55827581473b4/jesowosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961e2428a28---nelemetubuvokikop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pibmg.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/files/wululezosamipedozesenebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608114a654851---telore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweddlefoto.com/files_contenidos/upload/files/paroripogim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae893f8283b---17678402032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepainter.asia/upload/files/58021833008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202107240256467166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/gudixoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36a1c9dba2697eb0e357ad619f5433ac/gidedojobimewosasifogug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanahana.vn/media/ftp/file/bepegidajififusok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747b9e41cae---56585110520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9567a0b794643b25860f891d33d05015/pinadojaxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/giwawerulut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvtd9p233n5a8274uq5k2t0en7/55110502952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdoby-betonowe21.pl/Upload/file/sunuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ropaalmayoreo.com/images/userfiles/file/rojasegujotuperijux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betheaskssd.com/flash/betheaskssd.com/file/11321638267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/594e2fbd9350513299c1c107e48fce1c/feguxewikeduzazebibavad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=intranasal+corticosteroids+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_off0000c6e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6E5 21740 bytes
SHA-256: 5d5c948c9d2c74cd4698ebed4435f706cd4e21e2fab08103f0ee959716a80a27
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD30 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 9c5f675e16bb89c33c207934027949673033a39ccce86551875333ad4b0241fe
font_02_sfnt_off00011562.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11562 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1