Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 070dac83a880f69a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-08-26 07:30:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f2e6ba001b543724d1c1a88d3f0c807a SHA-1: 833dd7c1c24e498a3b9256aabcf3fd807c2da083 SHA-256: 070dac83a880f69af244b7863c6d0ebd33783688185449d2dca33627c3415c50
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristics points to the document's primary function as a gateway to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://fallsplat.se/file/22969632307.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e3d3e22c1---87798329396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd49a0dbe2---41054833410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ggmtc.net/userfiles/files/bowilodusil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhlongan.com/upload/files/wufukegalogezex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j4773f0j3joe85jrtaei3ple85/56996474626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/2133679036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/vurujodon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwsedan.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/xepavuxunefovonovetewezaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f30f6a32e6---46477055644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/kaveremobav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b0e4b23c9313e32053c4704074d3ee5/patapugivolupemewinite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa17u0rd6hdfn3gob34evhemv6/50413916898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rieker-consulting.eu/files/file/82705528503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f08576e47---japobofoneki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ee6f48fcb---rimesununizisata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edarky.net/data/file/genofaxirumivemaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muabannhagiare.net/images/uploads/files/fumabapibupezofobasulese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9j918dd0vi95vdfkgrprmnrpg0/20479968921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e9510bc9f---jafemedezivexagapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e89c272a1d---94774219838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutphinsgermanshepherds.com/clients/21958/File/31537022385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b15441767b7---199851546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairmonteast1978.com/clients/71195/File/gepiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=weather+in+celsiusPDF 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_off0000dbbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBBE 10300 bytes
SHA-256: d581f1e73f886aad7d13dc93adb4f62b39b388be98a548a013d55cb706985350
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010af9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF9 16720 bytes
SHA-256: 611f5153e88b21e60e08e52328ca843ab12ae5ec5718fabd0685a2bc38f23eee