Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a71573c93bba148f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-30 15:27:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 0de1c3e95dd64b6be2d7bcb1ee3032a3 SHA-1: ac3c4975c58e7d7c0e438ed527285e18b4ae439d SHA-256: a71573c93bba148ff9e26410395f1176f66c347ab34edfd392692b7d261bc7e0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 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://pasarantogel2.com/contents/files/votekeder.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77a9e9087bd882feeab45289647e9e35/nusonefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6a24cb89b811beb8039510cd6f74704/28850066627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://femagnet.com/upload/edu/article/file/22049987629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132d24050de0---91635778650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingkady.cn/uploadfile/files/segumalogurarav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatkireklamowe.pl/web/uploads/files/ganipoxazupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137def36c563---29838434923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxsolar.com/d/files/27206695360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisangka.com/contents/files/zezigazufufan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5of7edwardstreet.com/assets/media/files/37845224305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petercar0937494634.com/upload/img/files/kofifubedoter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patp1ryb.ru/media/file/96801460024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aurora-c.jp/files/files/zabevexufamotitubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewastexperts.com/userfiles/files/nexiwawapivelibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/90192244704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poliinc.com/upload/files/20191224886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-shengbang.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-29/20210929150249143597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valkexclusief.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/68070923812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.perlodrink.com/documents/70894687122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zaragozadenoche.es/upload/files/34020935296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16154382b36b00---97485214801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hardiebase.com/uploads/assets/filefile/poforutotinavaxiponi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonthephunglan.vn/upload/files/kazawipusanaxavojupofem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=photo+editing+tips+androidPDF 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_off0000b1ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1AD 14916 bytes
SHA-256: 433ae3d3cc14832feb969934e241e374debdd5289ab91dc75ab400ef9677abdc
font_01_sfnt_off0000d72d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD72D 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 528d089df02fc9cc1bb2b782244adfcc7aaf8606eb7ae237e747684ffee7c62c
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1