Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71fa41011295c1b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-06-09 23:11:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8bcd4b35223773e728707bbfeb68df24 SHA-1: e3f4dee1659b3aeedbefb896ab1aa179e3b7ccb7 SHA-256: 71fa41011295c1b49e19ae21de54d414fc85170e70808d76b04f8fb82e280cc0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely intended to host and distribute malware. The presence of a link farm and the use of a search term like 'tubidy mp3 download songs audio' suggests a phishing or social engineering lure to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 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.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tubidy+mp3+download+songs+audio PDF link annotation
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d64c27e9ff---kuvabekiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cuk9dtgj1buf5e81sjb01vpqv/fovufifonugeripigepawega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a43cec32c6d---74113988997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a5354cf9cbe64daba733e3e737ead3c/wakikizonipozumazer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4536bb419---33629733923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf9d0372f1---23244325144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7231b69b77d28c708ba66c2250fba269/pobuzipodaxifukelabezenap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/480d9262c1ce4f8ebe89965ac4f81231/wilifanudowat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef999c6ec7---pifimewutoxijazifokeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d5207c4b49a5c0309d1ff76f0271691/dirakevubofemud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33925076fea1198b2bafc183d0e17d06/jofakavadebewosataguzegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/foxewigezirugiget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4c39247a7---32264920234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/figalem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e36a5b4687---59825880847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ef7670c7935fc7ae75fe71b4d5e9fb1/43564252083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjar2tqqqb4brmdbrf944sifl1/nuwarigajatokejobupufiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f435.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF435 5628 bytes
SHA-256: 4b631bd4de7e83813be687bf474701c346641bcffb54381426428cc713711165
font_01_sfnt_off00010762.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10762 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 847fbccf71ae001d0bae700377e1685e5cb419b0fc8986d8ab9b5b829452aa24