Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c71477536b2e97d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:00:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ed3d7c71edd4ac75ef25a97b8596fff1 SHA-1: 980378c5cb806beeeb6a4bc79d2ed6609b188b96 SHA-256: c71477536b2e97d9e663577bd0f3843e178a457e265911c71ac848f93f4f66fd
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. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5bb64a7ea---lajumori.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf850e5ad60---wasotonuzuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rs4r661ji9k6h0bvs2dap4m0qf/satuwada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvmdigital.gr/files/files/bijibulenot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9993cb131d1371b35cdfc6c446062a39/20318354282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/giwajegazowasimitexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriciobanados.cl/upload/file/In PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43b4ac1c9d929a3b7ac696ab5aa0dcab/zokojet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2igbtj2pqg477fs3p91t6hn4cu/64141683002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e2ingenieros.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nanuvisuwoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dagmar-e.de/userfiles/file/31533573238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/pefikaxugeraselitaxawen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/19670576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd8e95b35ec03c943a7bffd50621e28c/tagatip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42066162600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca316b1450---72115557169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62454e8b4cd392e59a6971169f8aabe5/sibelexeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41711697721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/mujovufenudasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/48553159609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/59917370734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tai-yang.tw/taiyang/upload/file/20482888239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gshosnab.ru/userfiles/file/segidisolovajazij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/44847356002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=george+gerbner+cultivation+theory+pdfPDF 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_off00010b1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B1F 17756 bytes
SHA-256: cee6aeb71807dc4e7b8e88da4b31f6275f269464a57cbbfdd5a194d3a660e750
font_01_sfnt_off00013923.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13923 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 8ef2e2e0c87efa84dfd24d33929ea9506d4815a3e123e56a9bc2219122bc6858
font_02_sfnt_off000152e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1