Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71da16f63dd6a932…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:56:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e8c8ff0a0a6a923be6ad9a0dc5626d5d SHA-1: 36ebc582c2348f4ad815a0e3ea86f351905c9289 SHA-256: 71da16f63dd6a932a2003b29273346fd27c99d0a4bdc720a9c46fcea751fe084
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs that form a link farm, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates a potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=beckhoff+new+automation+technology+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8065134a124867937525f545e17bfab/89324433277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bimekijutotokimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2335c6d055fa870cc208785d5a9d72de/22580318098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/jobawokanuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jokilaaksonratsastajat.fi/file/tunere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9747abd092---6183747308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landmanenterprises.com/clients/6/66/660ad4be7ac834282af30b44844c6003/File/47298065918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5eb4psfltqikuhh146upmrja9/firekibifumagarixoligobur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwstationery.com/files/file/43231802662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/70429468572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108ec9e29e64---pinujewuwufiderimutebon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/88116180168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/rewafobilabigikigod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2f2581d8e---91406574703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musikpark-live.de/userfiles/file/62508032441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwnickersonplaza.com/uploads/files/pozufenopaxinirobib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086566b6900a---jegibepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/001b70739b2ed1bb2a3201db3d3a39e5/kajupokadazinek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gabconstruction.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71464302140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/zifur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-guolin.com/filespath/files/20210829213640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0covfqkvgr1qgqbdf10coh5s02/19849086365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naucseto.cz/storage/zonesoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5fae8eed8---zibizuzegoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jadatipopemorexi.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_off0000c465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC465 16276 bytes
SHA-256: 113277af8b258c62502f1462b0a7f23d65cc0e1802e96d3a5904c3542fbc6db9
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE3E 11244 bytes
SHA-256: 6932c56f84e38198239641e1e0114fd1cc66d65f90ce9b1514e6513e41ee14bf
font_02_sfnt_off00010853.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10853 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1