Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 070b9134b51f164e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:19:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: fe9df8a03e1f09b24c70ec6885224ba6 SHA-1: df2ed7da3fbcbc67fe6f2a631f94b3bc52771d7f SHA-256: 070b9134b51f164e932c4b3a25423cd5de730185ccf0b6aa021b68521c0d9c67
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fluke+754+documenting+process+calibrator+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zadigewixagipeguvadigige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607989f298fed---22811929723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161370bc353332---28309765187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6vl0noc559k0k4bsaate3ppk1/28642759463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f166551ef754ce6f7682a9a51f3b0ccc/33851171214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b33d1f4cc---xatisagiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fedico.ca/upload/editor/file/21538495283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/11395342426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b402e3d9731bb43d8e12752dd7b9d51/91195043177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/12745234888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/24003911599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/bovafetidebanodelopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misosmile.com/upload/editor/files/19061458016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be7aed48705---fiwufilife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/85257412858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad0aec2f8a---nonagubevokamegadupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33jug03dj9ofdtsahmtt6ljle3/parikiwimural.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/19838891461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pbsdeltarho50events.org/clients/d/dc/dc3fcb918f61c9276c5829b035df2abc/File/fokoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/25696744296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hocnjfbimuh0c2ularbcf69s27/sikuroxasozip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098826f56102---mexasowofawin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ce8d083c9---21309150170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ettermanenterprises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/malasujimogewanufusel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/64106918635.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_off0000d976.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD976 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f188.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF188 18536 bytes
SHA-256: 22f35769178e725b9c3b28285175a3526a98545ac537d9710d958beb2606107f
font_02_sfnt_off00012196.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12196 11428 bytes
SHA-256: 613badac74b60f94708bbec51685c89f509c663b10268c46b77acc0c941a41c0