Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f71bfd189d77dbce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:17:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 99f2097328062015cb49049e8c4f25dd SHA-1: 362ec65f363be30a85f2c28fe7a3ea1fb386006d SHA-256: f71bfd189d77dbcedc761fd188e9d4318eb436f55a2a35f57853864789e5fe8b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a phishing page or malware download server.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://rockycheng.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vovasowoxiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94063769236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9a3db986c---87440373718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----1-6cdapb2bdyqawnpcindqfc.xn--p1ai/media/file/78521602662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pedraferro.com/files/files/24224406024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7ab50920f---tovukewafedagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79a3e7c9115acd47249fca40d7209f79/12243953351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104ab1197abd---5245568138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084af4d2576a---90298477814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607257c317e47---nebub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flammerouge.ch/userfiles/files/88513507721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taevlingar.se/images/pages/file/23383726541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findusafranchise.com/files/files/dulotuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf5737c418---jizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8s8j6gikfg4l8uhvns77itd6t/67427323033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160959f1080ff9---fokovozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangkoksolarpower.com/syner_upload/images/files/22306217171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ccf7d1c0af---fugerobimesikofixajizuxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfi-registration.org/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/64571301849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liddellgaryfamily.com/clients/863293/File/37793149353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13ce68ef0d33468c70d88ff6cf09cb78/fufovapuruvifokobixazimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986a26cd1a6---98528290331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f77129227d5---26507405761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d2c1b051b74a04c92ed167ceb958f1a/78689690303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=definicion+de+antigeno+y+anticuerpo+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_off000112b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012ac7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AC7 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 53224c04b8a29744138586382a5127f5eb378ea0d93ca5134e6791bf9e31de6d
font_02_sfnt_off00014398.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14398 19172 bytes
SHA-256: 9b6b3b2f05b27a6046ff62a24686a9bfbf6a4d1eaeb3f75812a41429969c6e85