Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71d7595e25faa7fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-06-16 02:37:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: e46b8365f8d5fc5a8720f88d022cfc02 SHA-1: d09669e9d21b4b9d24165afdb5e51c0bf8ecf0c8 SHA-256: 71d7595e25faa7fb0050d0bd968c2cc3063a11d4f1dc2138f2a8ab4772c4874e
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs and the structure of the PDF suggest it is part of a campaign to exploit user trust through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8411

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mixing+prepare+buffer+solution PDF link annotation
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841089b08a0---8399069535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c917e3b173f---lavuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aaac0db89c---wetolapomobiruwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c642b5d217---3821378694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd11b7ed7f---72497982267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0144e8ca9c4788a4a32b9b24a430b709/bijenat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//dapojazax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthivatlieuhoanthien.com/upload/files/90209067194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g80qbqsn3uerucfcs8mm26i3us/gimebuzibunekopejumade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auksozvynas.lt/userfiles/file/xesedofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8729c20e4---sulanovewokevegodol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b0a5490409---fodefojibotuxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-life.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec73b452a3---88348854246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliothequedesarts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87837413235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd4f6996cc---90301606043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c730bdafa99a9bbb7ff7d48e01cb1216/83151835666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ded4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDED4 5280 bytes
SHA-256: a95a967d9c1a3a2ac0eaed5d024fb5a8a5603039295d89e80d028105ae600a76
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0EF 11008 bytes
SHA-256: b14a372d12521eeb270c95242b020765827f3b8001e8f412b1d8c09980b727d9