Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b71048557b6e484e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-24 13:04:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4ff0597f27b61e19bdf9edab5b728e15 SHA-1: 8aa59b0bb2f1c68a8b74588f0dcb10fe8941d2db SHA-256: b71048557b6e484e7b49d4a6540013aa7b86998f2cc73cefa20c818d30e8e312
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host and distribute further malicious payloads. The use of these compromised sites suggests an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination of the attack and leverage existing infrastructure for distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://drproperty.in/userfiles/file/8479540762.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/34811055769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942b88996f8---65786878915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a69811e5cb6---37055844670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae42d1c565---daponizolebela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keyseries.us/userfiles/file/9159434928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-15/20210515175101774064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bigpointpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/40585177219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaide.org/userfiles/file/puzopijefodiminaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/46261842217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62df7012c2d79ef96106eabcd853dcc6/19066587432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b1fcde8ffe68472ed19fcdd7a05e245/79784384651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamcc.com/UserFiles/files/11113681602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscowballet.ru/userfiles/file/30714338813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fddca4155c4e97d7ed416afd362f913/disiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e6eaa9c98---97981641181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b3e830c45b---sokafamereg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c1968ba00a---lupim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyweisheng.com/uploadfile/file/2021072319155273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e1f86801b---kutavuwalipajepebebabotes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/3236513014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betaempire.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/muvuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.net/userfiles/file/xiwatufozazenukagagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/42510162585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102ce3c6f79c---16217545043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=as+deemed+fit+meaningPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e0bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0BB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C8 2052 bytes
SHA-256: af462fecdfc6ea0b0d6a50d2808442a10e1c303c1db51c5b04074aedd5e0c9ba
font_02_sfnt_off00010221.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10221 17612 bytes
SHA-256: 58c2099185bb6dd2b1f70e5cc392568812175e26cede59535db998c563d35ac1
font_03_sfnt_off00013091.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13091 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 517b77c2560cc329d01a373c43b451017c5d1c6cf9071bb3ef61c1c1753c52ba