Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 71ffe7fe2702002e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 05:55:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 936cb5d4245f75ca7511b1cab06a1091 SHA-1: 94ceff63d4822517d92c063964b16a0ffeecbbbc SHA-256: 71ffe7fe2702002e0ee35c6800f6fb53bdab7f83a271b252d94eac12943dc99a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are presented as a link farm, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=reading+passage+endless+harvest PDF link annotation
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f6547a4d62414461545a7bf62fb9dc5/tuzopipajor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1af20fc84---18096796091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44b561ac16e77b8bfeb32ddeca98c932/47152465475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8caa63c4964abaa0b4cf8ccc0915d2f/23500580771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savalis.ru/userfiles/file/gibisuvanevixemejifudez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partner-support.net/user_data/userfiles/files/rozagifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jvj1rhbnea3gpac9kofmh4eu66/buwonawefiduvab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609090a03271c---povanagapisirugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfvf6pb5k6vfk5i16fc7gjuem8/89811615690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e531368b94041ca430ba6347acc51c17/22245401164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a32a67d666---negilezijozojodeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/55192542808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebb9e25463---12046850447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf08b52c7d5---xodowekesefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fcbe6822e---64554052915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e937be61ad4f0c83efc076ef2d242356/wasexovegijupapumozusug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b4152f0a47b34e6174a6f9b15ec368e/fadiwurakabopolanaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/21042191306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a038219907cdbcbd39c32afeb205af3/ruzapekumuzemun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6621f5ad734fba2905498122495a574e/xawuredidanutakejul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio6deenero.com/uploaded/files/mazibemumasoxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b756984d0---sosef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b639dae09d4---39025267077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca51108f79---sezigubudakozokinalanuper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praward.tw/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a78e69ad303c0d57a57e219851cd812e/99270914764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607203933a7fa---39311097960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ri4ib36ops6cef2ka68rmloamh/dolidudorarasizixefuwes.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_off000114fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114FA 19480 bytes
SHA-256: b6d9c5c8410adeee5123ca78a1a93066770c7575b3aeda6f83d28a4dacbaa2a4
font_01_sfnt_off0001468b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1468B 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 8ef1b9ad41ea12c0f6ab5fd140f81719c7c92985c8a6d64fb97de0f40c8e2809
font_02_sfnt_off00015eaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EAF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1