Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71ec8e2f36efb12c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:59:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c32400b2e2714f9cce9049020dd8d640 SHA-1: 94ca0708a79d21ebc21cc14add76877b3c830875 SHA-256: 71ec8e2f36efb12c5bd762bf137a2e3291621f72c689b9a587cc19218370c214
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting it is part of a phishing campaign designed to trick users into downloading further malware. The presence of urgency lures and download buttons further supports this phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://litho-and-co.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/75544090013.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/27808684683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0cbc97276---todalibirajek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/73384200715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee3e9cfcb6---jegofupejuneleziwopij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thebookonpersonaltransformation.com/FCKeditor/file/34021409389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdvvietnam.vn/webroot/img/files/rasabupefoxusigovuwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc2d3013126b45196502320974cc11c2/79036029422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quimicasorocolor.com.ve/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65082407778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15986594049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/97894391610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiari-web.com/ckfinder/optimist/files/kofiwuladibaxeluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082601a8dd56---49530276378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/likizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/34178186679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9s2crctjnbatjrk7q1vs2462t5/11519113121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termofriz.rs//files/46865612092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12waktu.com/contents//files/lejenebipamuloguwit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac3f78c292---88631695310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca44f02ce0---betinajuzepafurixex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatnagarancija.com/userfiles/file/wovizumejowixeketadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8baf8054f2---jarupusififaruwawuzipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartopack.com/Images/file/fisoruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.ch/userfiles/files/32445667182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=adobe+pdf+reader+9+offline+installerPDF 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_off00010aaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AAF 19196 bytes
SHA-256: 8acaa307365611ff65cbb2e890739008c67e88f6ad44647b20d1fcae0332fa68
font_01_sfnt_off00013c9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000154b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154B4 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 81582bb156786e10c10850e24d0f07adbef09ae73d076c76a87010c80adf8885