Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e71db824279ecc3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:53:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ad16c2d0cb867660d55030b5b5001649 SHA-1: 62d757d25a57abfcff5583f4ecb7b191922dd088 SHA-256: e71db824279ecc3c6e16cc1c21ffe8aac3b3ad3c6e1951ea92e82323fb092aa1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the presence of multiple links to potentially compromised sites indicates a high likelihood of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c880550cc36fff5cc67aed33ea24f257/degiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca93942e0c---zikivijilagixudofexati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d96a51bc094---77944787395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otohyundaidanang.com/uploads/image/files/94352628738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c794be313683e9e8be1a6f0348f134c5/bazapodukigapemobirivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c6b40ad98---nivukizajepivof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983c2c4c9b3---xitetaxunewud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ayurvedaemart.com/uploads/file/93360652392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a33fc877c97---80360222489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607278283d6fe---taguwugujefulokamatanij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samurairamenbar.com/uploads/files/fubilon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aytekinpolatel.com/image/files/25211506286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwan-tiaya.com/upload/tiaya_official/files/vuzufixafozojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/57630088011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuspsurgeons.com/userfiles/file/21466276281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/demosepuvemejuxawod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manavpublicschool.org/manav/userfiles/file/34083142147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/93310101630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/711d9ad35ebd4adacb109d69bac5868f/31757410166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607deeea8f954---tanaxurivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/feloligof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sahyadrisevasanstha.in/userfiles/file/48631414827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n9t4urd2uonuas1n6p4uo9q8h7/nudofamalapomiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=harga+fortuner+bekas+2014+manualPDF 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_off0000dd58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD58 11160 bytes
SHA-256: ff16198ed84d7a48196494abc00e127b1b71e473bd7c9ea17ecfac0daeb775a9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f78d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF78D 18480 bytes
SHA-256: eed8568ded21e1d5d05271bbfa2481fe55c9a0080c44516df11e77fcf2e00cf3
font_02_sfnt_off000126f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1