Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c71fc5ae5d4aef8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 23:05:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 10b6981278c4b264f0c0270f30f1372c SHA-1: baf612d36780ea8bf16604f0611ae983be9aefc3 SHA-256: c71fc5ae5d4aef8b30f4821635568a5d76177b90703eab6d3e1796aa12cfa5a8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d3ea0839c---koneku.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a764334e3c375ab2dcec3deed3299366/wifagirasegake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/kopikekemupanuradetopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emke.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/semiseximiwalefadir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bce6df30588---kaduro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/jiraxikoluwifakeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be5eb5b5513---kusojijedirajugapovafiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9000cc4b34---53851433307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kururlaub-ungarn.de/bilder/files/fisupisujawepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://app8itebarandgrill.com/admin/images/file/1990005904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/2560407254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddlkdtt8sp8spr77qb8ahur3fi/4531750344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/menonejuzumegovezovizuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/78339432241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://score1forspencer.com/clients/4/45/4587145e2679cb7673d0e21b436e5c25/File/vafapisinogatasafiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-05-29/images/files/vagodaboniputinafusosivan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/novibemobiwejakovurona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8b66a554ec4544a5094096408a873ab/65177042266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a660c27407a594647fc47c52292a31be/jozosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a992541d1ed---33989033854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a935a8d65df---57459744297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04a072564245979902b1051c1cee5721/89059981199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7e1ba547b8---12933396606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75c377e1063bdd62c182376cccd9e818/wesujuvixojoriwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandweeramsterdamamstellanden.nl/userfiles/file/71730708903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentals+of+psychology+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off00012e18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001462a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1462A 17104 bytes
SHA-256: a474bac32a8815c4f51a8a71b430e19a9e0cdc3a1559df3ebd899f8b47ea037d
font_02_sfnt_off00017285.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17285 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 38c3ab62e732f94a941cc58a1290a50940e3330ce963a2c2994c96d03ca165c9