Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd71dfe93505e5cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-07-15 22:54:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1d3b4cd2c96d58704978b5eef0b9b9cf SHA-1: 57a1186f87767338ab875588ada4aa7ad20b2afb SHA-256: fd71dfe93505e5cb501bd36a1df5e8f1e0bec10d4cd860cae067697380c4fc90
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive use of external URLs points to a content-driven lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+favorite+animal+cat+paragraph PDF link annotation
    • http://appinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/36526910762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba9af55bf74---65829751549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8170e4ad7d---61126226391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/zinuzadutus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/52352081001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/127b16f479fb9d5d155a7066de1dc1dc/riwakolemasifuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5kp2u91nk35te11g463irk0e4/56910967136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqe5pk2rbjoo86moqn14b22cm1/13876619476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f742b85b5---xosulomowajapizapoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b87e37c0bd---47091018289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/janomibumipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/23321752320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/81823655301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademia-jedenastka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/77237322351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6ab25e5cc---xovupebezutodagikorivefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7ef909d517758d32458b3d4dabfc1ce/xanixobupumizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/tozojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acb516249b---tejefulejisaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/189b90b04665cd9f298cc3b1aec10083/mikatazakizepadabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/watofawolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609625c263aca---gamaxawefajixetogog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/56555512049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/saserud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangnhadat.com/uploads/files/41431715125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e9b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9B6 17044 bytes
SHA-256: f94a3bd1ea0069adfe7dba24a8fb9a3d55d4b0736b1b9433e9ca7ae4af7e21b4
font_01_sfnt_off00011638.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11638 10932 bytes
SHA-256: ac43890a1363d87fd239c0f3e9c79237ae5b887628684dae78c393f84fe7b3fc
font_02_sfnt_off00012f61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1