Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71d95376433ca37c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-09-15 14:04:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 81fd7b93269e03c76e1c1492ecc87298 SHA-1: 5770e1ef81a9d7edb8f50ea61a4bde42664d054a SHA-256: 71d95376433ca37c25829641657b2d84a9c1e665ff9e58d4423f52238e55612e
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to external resources. Several heuristics indicate that these links are part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://sibaco.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuxubok.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://loyalangkorapartment.com/userfiles/file/83865925491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onderdurdu.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tofaxokogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatsah.com/webroot/img/files/kerokapavotesubenapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/67950118245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilartangguh.com/file/lokatesokulovagedelis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://femagnet.com/upload/edu/article/file/90917422096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio4.com/contents/files/kolosanixowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/33008799097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/kegizapujewapelawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140c86c49baf---60519046730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourpreferred.com/userfiles/files/nedozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/dokorosoxulomepirifitozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.de/userfiles/files/jokilozezadojujilizuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/93747387915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5743e9f029b71b9be8971d054d084e7/lamulewurivokon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sedefartphotography.com/resimler/files/genozowaxiritewuxuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62589ffdb7ec0c82d604a12c9c534b2d/38797092542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiddeefire.com/media/userfiles/files/71076564510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn--c1acndkmcarx.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17917191015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superiorservicesandsolutionsfl.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/97630338506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isagrinio.gr/userfiles/29608084490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marikitaberbagi.com/userfiles/file/wanimedenewuzeguxidozoger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1k3v6j8jpj1vppgq8gt37pbjgq/27107374816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=max2d+game+enginePDF 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_off0000f1fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A10 19360 bytes
SHA-256: c122e94cf63ff437731f14176a5e1bbfad1f91e9aaf53193aec03b374b75f4fa
font_02_sfnt_off00013b70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B70 10276 bytes
SHA-256: ffeaeb08c49a48cbe4fcb1687f12671fd9e4283a6dd810ea447ffad898ad964d