Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71c81152f4144342…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 02:46:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0de6b8a7f4fe9263f1b8771a2df8fe75 SHA-1: 726183590ec8f58d04da0f8575eb95f6b0142469 SHA-256: 71c81152f4144342fbc749364265fa8c135f81fcb4cf411bbc13f86d5abee0b3
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 link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as lures to phishing pages or download sites for further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=shared+calendar+iphone+android PDF link annotation
    • http://tehpromyar.ru/media/file/31736185108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/39851569136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climtech.com/files/files/76136191282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jungleflightchiangmai.jungle-flight.com/Uploads/files/19501004768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vakoplus.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32900874973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/files/jutirikesulevisutagezeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614110057b78a---kujifaramirive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectifff.be/imgdb/accueil/files/zopineriritepuridem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--hazrdner-r4a10d.com/alisveris/yollanan_resimler/file/fedipomudixedepobavijid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/rezeraje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.ph/app/webroot/img/files/71569690828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/363cb62275336a9bd0c77fce7c128cb1/sazezuzipixewababisiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.39koratmachinery.com/file_upload/files/vimedodixuwewudusalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aap0abfiql8h.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tizugamazigexiwadamovesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133416e473b1---97835748979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134675c3ee27---rozezuxupabag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daeryuhealthcare.com/ckupload/files/kefetivujitufijofimugugid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srmtteaparty.com/uploads/files/202109070756013434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/26076774554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/zopitanesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gioiacompany.net/images/upload/file/97962959194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shian-jin.com/UserFiles/files/86565922081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135bd2e93a9e---73085644195.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_off0000b47c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB47C 15056 bytes
SHA-256: 20a2811e19113ab3ea8e07fb4ef97cab1c9c3b63b73dc8000099693b0f29b4bd
font_01_sfnt_off0000da5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f272.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF272 10420 bytes
SHA-256: 5b2560510315feac000fd7c5355be8b22141094f7ef9d0407a6b1b4174c5b865