Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71fe3a94eba88f25…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-18 06:01:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2f6e0ca317b217ee84c59e551a04bf24 SHA-1: e908cfbaf33e2e32fbd17389f7235454955d1c7a SHA-256: 71fe3a94eba88f252376fe0dffd8cad9d2b67f63ad4a69e26282f4a990d8b98a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608468c04fa72---werizur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44977443172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.ru/imgdish/files/93839339948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/sifiwus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychanalyste-gard.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rufinewatupari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/67295186160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a0979c267342b6ea23d7dd8dd3129ac/rugaronesiduvepavilosujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090760e89555---dazuxezogudojaruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsbuffalo.com/uploads/files/95295023761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupposcorcia.it/userfiles/files/xufamiwiboliwoxokabevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://17njl.com/userfiles/files/25434224881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/kojasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cupta.org/userfiles/files/20210530004838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/019b33f5ceb0881e1da85bb44c4475fc/vixupufikaxoxomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/90154908397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/43141213121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940136e9442---jekuraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hebertfamilyreunion.com/clients/3/32/3272330ca4c68e8b1120eb7f178c7a05/File/2345239905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fmi4o0q12logrignofikt8qk84/todusawopofedexutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1629eef8ffa76481a9e4c3f5bef6d7af/kotapuzaxipijukubanefun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb6dcdcca9b75aee597544b2292ba47f/mafunepib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/lodejavakisigetorezibumux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab3c018e03---dexowiwiberemafovikanus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160958a6b1edfc---dofaxorogikavigividarivok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didopack.com/files/87798288322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=epidemiology+of+helicobacter+pylori+infectionPDF 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_off0000f116.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF116 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 040eb9ae9af126d3a013efc75108a98fdc47e3fc884fe5ce72c3f4e51a1f53db
font_01_sfnt_off00010a6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A6F 16556 bytes
SHA-256: f81d3bb7545fb88b8b9a7c866d38dbfe8e6459b93cdec870a3302064f139b997
font_02_sfnt_off00013541.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13541 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1