Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f71c2a055ed3d7b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:30:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 95a4948245179fa199828c9596debd89 SHA-1: cd4482eafeb9c188578b17ec4f0963419fd96d23 SHA-256: f71c2a055ed3d7b71ff95044848073a3445200f269034ad14a5a4276722a884d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c2952c53cfe5cccde728ef71ad5d44d/26896984102.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/98422878624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/430721dd0a65e99d923387f211d3ca76/9034199155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boothbayharborshipyard.com/userfiles/file/65152322420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiteriyakiburien.com/uploads/files/56489536881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609045cf8ffb4---kuboposubalexixibib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc1b80d542---netezadewub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art4you.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/zitujosawoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hse.tw/upload/file/96522037105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennedy-jackson.com/clients/f/f7/f78508644b517540cdb1549d93860f53/File/menupewuxavabof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeiq29oc1ocn4sh9c82k7vg9fv/dinan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assytekservizi.com/userfiles/files/50536302506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasudaihocsupham.com/Images_upload/files/27355771915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/xunane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://popnmusic.fr/userfiles/file/16840569647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanyuchina.com/upload/files/libijowefuzakivupulap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d61297073---2136284965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vattucongtrinh.com/userfiles/file/ziromuwavekexeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/17060336942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cde72663f0fc23353d1dc0172df1531/79798462990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/98231407592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/nigituxafamaduxomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af730f3afe2---lowifojadis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ergo-logo-bamberg.de/userfiles/file/60670789697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=bing+pdf+document+translatorPDF 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_off0000d4a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4A8 17472 bytes
SHA-256: 88697d6e3ce8ccddc74fd272c2b657f7de7f630869029e86e49896c79b448232
font_01_sfnt_off0001015c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1015C 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 59f8216fd346776bec8924eeff33d1255db05f55b12834257db6791ad323ac8e
font_02_sfnt_off00011b16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1