Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a71e387104e432a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-25 09:14:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 3c18d3c5857cbc32b2aaaf51687157f3 SHA-1: 4548b0057b6330bf4d11a4a491cb0e4e839dfb34 SHA-256: a71e387104e432a2cd0014e9505e2bda1142762cc08ccf77f5093eaa633a4f22
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous URLs that form a link farm, pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://www.bakkersvlaanderen.be/resources/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/0/files/92743250155.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bloodfaces.de/attachment/file/bamovoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/38578411922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balony.dmuchance.eu/userfiles/file/52581925765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurmateng.com/contents/files/47477997509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/617d9be25a76dcc1d85e99a2dfda52b6/19912635543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elektrostroy.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokoloxupozom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://9ja-bet.com/userfiles/file/zawelikoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/50539006180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slmj8.com/data/userfiles/files/77088150699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/zixipofuroletikekotosipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dwitunggaljaya.com/sitefiles/file/nutujuragaboniketupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/venifowifofaviboses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basumati.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xumaxuwaxaregegigapipaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/78998285846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.info/contents/files/kijefawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://candica.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/winix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuaphatlailongthanh.vn/upload/contentFile/minhchau/file/tuwomogomurifuzawibetuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbularicilikfestivali.com/upload/ckfinder/files/12309305961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3b8f664c2ed14c0782899810d863a52/41620603804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161334131120fa---869979470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d16237bc9233ee6864917d6ae4be893/sipibuvubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.huescalamagiaenfotos.com/userfiles/files/73806663703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homecareangels.ca/files/files/files/metil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mukirolufakeget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbretail.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89233822186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=sony+six+online+freePDF 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_off0000b7bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cfd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFD6 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 3d016c84e1ecb386f6be7f42d4978c97461c4178810b7adb944a6459d3336a24
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6EE 18188 bytes
SHA-256: 9607f09e8ef49327c80ce277bea10503ba31c509ee577020a836c2caa691c553