Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0070d57e727f7dd7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 00:24:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 985cb7cc5caa02489653fcdd8f390db1 SHA-1: 4d3d9cf17ff100ecd65ca994b152f98ba961e670 SHA-256: 0070d57e727f7dd72227c0804e852aacb0a0037bcaa22d3a0d138f710c62c9fd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The PDF structure itself does not contain readable content, but the presence of these links is the primary indicator of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/files/pufododidakotefipijajat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8f5ffae3f6ecbc01342f5c247cd434b/62573655411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc6cd728296---zumenavevipogipakinut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de4c1065811c5a77c09b0112e856d93d/fesebitaxanisozojuvuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d86e6521d3032b9bf1a83dea747b2008/11145748868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af99b7ed1bf---fikukakimutawujuwupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/41368108160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvuhieuchuan.com/upload/files/48199435347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c44b360f276---4558380789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50f7b5ba23c24da80544c232701dbcdb/42892251701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3al6hpeec3hvt8jsfa1rgpdbmc/kosizifajonamodobozidutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60be5bb2b2bd5f8f84f98729b7da11da/jurer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/vawutofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/49352579756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/ligijazajetub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timavoshipsupply.it/userfiles/file/vetuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef562400da---wegosebojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c81225253c6b25bab4fb6f2cbbe62e9e/65598063617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb57cb78955---80018533986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abda7f954bd---28760347995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ae68083fd---36522464064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dobre-akce.cz/media/files/file/rojakujojuwusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/93698247057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fontanarosaserigrafia.it/userfiles/file/dofozodeledivexoxafewagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=white+grub+insectPDF 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_off0000f6a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010eb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB7 17460 bytes
SHA-256: 7771d672da771ab07978d17a450ae251f7d88f8f0d25f2d9a70831dd3b8b7120
font_02_sfnt_off00013c8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C8B 10416 bytes
SHA-256: 64acbc69b0d4ec3f544b8d66388804a1b0efbf2f18eee2d50c0588d5df62999d