Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71b55d2e39150d44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-08-05 04:18:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5978168ec53a0233ccd190370c4cf52d SHA-1: 7c1f90fd8130d1aa3dcdfbf78b5fbd7a523375ac SHA-256: 71b55d2e39150d448d0cefb1221bf7e7c41b279ddd06ef3c42d1de1e884c8515
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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=what+is+better+carburetor+or+fuel+injection+motorcycle PDF link annotation
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3371eef2d30105956fa308194433e5b1/68134549849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b04lpi4m1ta1h5i6pvckcj4n77/91649676556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16235492495245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712cedbd7ab---gefufupulojepiluxogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/tajujepivenawutuxatiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b32fa003ff8---83513799625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exihomes.com/userfiles/files/45530968509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094caa556e14---mexavok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--nmqu14inmf.com/upload/files/kobilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/40541625609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pozitron-s.ru/userfiles/file/zutorimozetiwukusavafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97d9fbd67d31c023c840b6403c089c33/mugawopimosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafiport.com/userfiles/file/94244109381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3520750000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/84348571172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/wubesosedasajim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalaserasia.com/upload///38191633470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd4697b343a0f6f1eb9885db9bd2f3e2/11388394088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3g2ub7eu028u62jdl2ba74n19d/tedagagewitaxenunasalika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27ca8bf38e4c018d24b26adc1b3df3ff/24935543552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/28643116315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/jimorifabita.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_off0000e45f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE45F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC76 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 82685020f6cf0ff1090c31cc08fad8e4e072ba06bcbd7a15fb504d9bd711b9da
font_02_sfnt_off00011616.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11616 17640 bytes
SHA-256: 1e453d2f6ba0f76f34df72cde56e23787fa22472f014ed451cb85b9fb0760608