Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71fdafbbfad26a2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 23:44:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b529a6d0bfb0f3152a421e5d5dc0282d SHA-1: 29b6e77893c07465cb262571b642ecf509b8abf5 SHA-256: 71fdafbbfad26a2edbadd990a7882f982b7b617994d839b4728f62f7220dd4e9
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an image-based lure and numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF_URI heuristic indicates a direct link to 'smidgel.ru' which is likely part of the attack chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+online+download+pc PDF link annotation
    • http://okna-dvere-online.cz/media/upload/upload/file/85683459132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valaisconsulting.ch/file/1077159631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hladonural.ru/upload_picture/mazejagisati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pethouse.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51531725836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0beddf0fd044aa0fa74329267032c656/vegakofuzutaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honyi.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/file/29898171925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetestmag.com/userfiles/files/guwalokejug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busangh.com/attfile/fckimg/file///20210908113048_1049001024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cff250e0f74ab8d96d5820022a61f24/73979714136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubforeducation.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/82666338885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613df8103a51f---bawexajezilet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geotersrl.it/file/xupamozotetukagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/64623829091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/xoduga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka23.ru/upload/m/90026450620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoanghaie.com/Images_upload/files/93607135582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orrizon.ru/images/file/poxanafelaxagewixevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veszpremlizards.hu/_user/file/26215022067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/73899641444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saatgaamkansarasamaj.com/admin/uploads/files/69482143811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interroadholland.nl/userfiles/file/kumeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ostrichtours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35054347251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa1206ac079f610d6d03ba5724daa860/mededap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nikacarpet.com/My_Project/Hamishe_bahar/ahar_img/files/9667823403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halead.com/uploadfile/1630713013.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_off0000b29f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB29F 10364 bytes
SHA-256: e5f40c46b098859708f2e89b0c6388f966345ac09e5176f31eb733f274690f4e
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e249.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE249 14368 bytes
SHA-256: db4b9b438043b2c645dbbbbc183e3e3d5f6d3093ae1538ae2fd0290edd097ce0