Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71b17afac51d80a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:06:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 308700851ef1b89573ace08516f13883 SHA-1: b54d3b678cecc6c1a3221f4804c2b798303de5c0 SHA-256: 71b17afac51d80a787a4a4b9120423c53a16d3e3cbe5c7575f03d895ee7bed33
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malware distribution or phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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.
  • 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://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c5da2282960a493140b887c9ceb9ad7/xelizafirupebi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4094191f0---dolutakibafijekunifibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/12812653354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/60577849644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esicm-old.org/admin/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63289907585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlapcongtykiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/vakata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160981b302b121---lurekofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa477f2e1e---48154947610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vidusiwakij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/13059838650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beb62533a868cd6f7ecd35b7912f04bd/87095516762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6b101184dad0fc8f71b13147b0a0814/xowekoriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oslemnc3iouh4r73c3cgpsljg0/26503310139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtjjt.com/2013/upload/article/files/210628034236176543o1ayl.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leanuslab.com/UserFiles/file/nufudifomurowarom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kidneystonetreatment.in/userfiles/files/roxajiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e89f9da5c20e6850ef2f68fb87845bd/73395399930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/zokutolafupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aardbeienfeesten.nl/uploadimages/files/23812794362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://judyzscotties.com/clients/1/1f/1f1ef5c9f72ce0e5bea5babf356718c6/File/69798674519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a8eb60dda2d4d3e28f650a9c44c2c10/guralatefefijezinit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents//files/rufugapowuxiviwevij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isgsrl.it/images/file/welagusemalulepimexig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=iti+electrician+question+and+answer+book+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_off0000dab9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D0 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 6b77b1541c11359bd534033afa08f5ec551b1cb1da9ccdc46c0b07ce62306f5c
font_02_sfnt_off00010c84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C84 17548 bytes
SHA-256: b447b2d4763d45b2851eccd1e5a80d325557e75379aa7daa65b55161a57673a4