Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71c6a9b0dbd6a521…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-07-25 12:52:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: aa0bdf8ab2bab8a5198bc063efdcc531 SHA-1: 8d928111cae8bdbdfc02644efdd821bdbbe7c592 SHA-256: 71c6a9b0dbd6a5219a2f10600130b56b63bb93e3bb897ea01697fce5769d80d0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised websites, designed to trick users into downloading a malicious file. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically related to phishing and trojan distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of external links and the heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggest a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb1bd6dd0d9b3a0b72b57ebaa1ba7896/nidafegop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/51976846431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5i0chnlmcjkpbmpdutoucmsdjc/4590684113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-ark.it/userfiles/files/xujunavisatetunaruko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ee8861b29---87949216415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marty-triple-m.ch/inhalt/files/pigalukojexupujex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/jubiwodizegenuwoxefapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimagra.pl/images/wysiwyg_img/file/risisameruluze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/fazixenamikuzulobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/tedutanevujulewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dad26950c3d---gevodepunexol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086be7921daa---tonoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guapa2.com/admin/fck/file/95500579292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyeetomsfishing.com/userfiles/file/gofajub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a7a4e1737---93673335331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/midoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95a40e7abb8c6aa78de540e94641eb98/26727612829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888410cc699---8170366332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://notariocprietoa.com/notaria/documentos/files/ramasozikofidivomivufeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944a3a84e4a---92426557738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blogsma.com/files/43655746528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=download+official+ota+update+for+huawei+p8+lite+ale-l21PDF 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_off0000d652.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD652 16888 bytes
SHA-256: 67f697c467e235266f9ee183df9ce4ee9ee4c11bca70a0b7f9f262502263e435
font_01_sfnt_off00010277.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10277 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 9771921dc00699641d9f135dcf4291fc8b8600760f9e3c07b17c50430621ba94
font_02_sfnt_off00011ca5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1