Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71d2f3b3c8769795…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-21 07:11:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f4d3677917b33953e37523fe164e2d14 SHA-1: 80933672a0e36daa727ab58254e4aa295d784841 SHA-256: 71d2f3b3c87697956c0ad74a272059625e2643450cc0ed923707376be4810460
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the overall structure and URL patterns indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to external, untrusted sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=panasonic+price+in+pakistan
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjt0suh30ip5m268ui7jo9bki8/73374273265.pdf
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f787f8c8d5---51850992614.pdf
    • http://ingpoggi.eu/userfiles/files/56308294695.pdf
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0frd8os9d03dqeube835i7lau/48191141727.pdf
    • http://www.ks-klinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tukipuxadisid.pdf
    • http://nfc-lampang.com/user_img/files/nejirupo.pdf
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161488733a154b---luramaxudurut.pdf
    • https://marblobathware.ph/app/webroot/img/files/14475848274.pdf
    • http://olech-rzeszow.pl/userfiles/file/wabenozoxovanaxor.pdf
    • http://qianlong99.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wawejapuguser.pdf
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161348b770f71f---towonetefugizofiwi.pdf
    • http://elma-itc.ru/!upload/files/gilotuvikenaluzukotuva.pdf
    • https://theipbuzz.com/images/file/vidavikewobiwusatuf.pdf
    • https://chulintemple.house-well.com/CKEdit/upload/files/kamiwab.pdf
    • https://bangvetthuong.com/luutru/files/78681692669.pdf
    • http://goldmustang.ru/files/files/52801265063.pdf
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dcc0b8df8a11f3ddf9a977b0eeb09a5/67612470574.pdf
    • http://gardens-spa.com/user_pict/file/8597211467.pdf
    • http://kk-gorenjska.si/uporabnik/file/20494711075.pdf
    • http://fishtech.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/witabimitejepasidigegox.pdf
    • http://alicekhenrylawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/22693924198.pdf
    • https://sanaspinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/larutedofejav.pdf
    • http://japhina.com/upload/file/lajumavubofutuzifefotuwoz.pdf
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog/file/witopovifegigofida.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c46b.bin
c1736e80711739660481def2d57facaa7dd4604f699b8a6b382064f7acbd8df5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC46B 18004 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f35f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF35F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010b76.bin
353746ee4e2b6ffc147593628db17da5b57120b0eb0f7874bb96678d72c02e9d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B76 10416 bytes