Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d71fc51366004da5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:07:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: dba38dd48be5c26be52b4cce938b8b5a SHA-1: c80731180e007c1a73f1879d32762c8a7e52719a SHA-256: d71fc51366004da522576f44eb8f7fa7aa7f283e5a66c75cf81e7e85169a06fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs to execute code or redirect users. Multiple heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://daglichtfilters.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20485885254.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac446bdec4f---22655400529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fp2vtha3augc9nkk3hg5qimrb3/81299761663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shreenathtechnologies.com/userfiles/file/32972309463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb24fd19e3---lusegiwokuvudutazopad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780c1c9c7f7---nageviborumupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tragiaocolamsapa.com/userfiles/image/file/nivizazarod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b9374562073b2ee6d511f725f212c2f/lezifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0r3ksn2knn4jnp57aa3ng2f2ro/lexurotezowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maciejabramowicz.pl/upload/files/file/60379029014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caissedesecolesdu5eme.fr/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14937865439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070552fa089b---96445513767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa30c6d43f---zefulosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ea3e55802e020b2d0855a6afda42307/devorabuvizevug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93435840472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/13936019193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moreit.ch/productinfo/file/vuzojumabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a2f198a8e3---manedadubavafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/volumiverumusarupuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/23750351545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccfa474c4f4---58629527817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29f0b3696eee77d2d6bcfc4d53fd02f4/fowixafelikobijozevubikox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/giromilasowogigalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f61c9c3458dcfc2102b48d377312d9fb/99185505220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usefchina.com/uploadfile/file///2021072007043315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=matrices+class+12+questions+with+solutionsPDF 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_off0000dfa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFA6 20764 bytes
SHA-256: 8eadaf8a9f8d7e76e48619883b257c91d44862add04a2ca2f19e8d9764d0e5af
font_01_sfnt_off0001166a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1166A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E81 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 9e6df4cdc4c4bc434e04e1565fb2d512d1fe082726bd3fd6428256f008d172a6