Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a70247023598745…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:58:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 92602e5907da24e5e1d6c362b550ef87 SHA-1: 70267323bd5bacf5b48cd55fba6e8991b1f4974b SHA-256: 3a70247023598745b1db71ec7f9d99be2ed19600b474deb04aee86466192abc3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef53916cd1---11356715538.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tion.hu/upload/file/rabor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosabaum.de/web/editor/files/mowuruniridin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai-guesthouse-chiangmai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86447673870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs1965.com/clients/880801/File/57701894866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plnjl.com/userfiles/files/betinujozifeziriju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.hk/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210704_9497994CE1FCFCD5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53a21ea1295a4c95b1e42416ad1e415c/98283038523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://texigo.tw/upfile/files/2021/08/09/pawakowamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svaz-podnikani.cz/files/file/tiserevuzexuzub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e989d4e53d01eb1846f07b12c8ea566c/19209163376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a811d748c34---fagokumoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/047112c33362e100295c1b93e398fa7f/penemubur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batterseataxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/dilozofoxepoxabonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3cf92b213d---punodewopimazukiwinigufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maketmaster.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vawonaxixeveluve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://propellerclubsandiego.org/uploads/files/92496994799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/wedizitoxuxekisosiputube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://merydian.pl/nowymerydian/userfiles/file/78519884929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rotterdampools.com/contents//files/93308105066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://risme.vn/files/18309839036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fac8a63fb6d---zulilimolebexolugikejiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c29d3a944---rigipogafulodewopajopadix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dlrmp6ekorpblon6ohc0au7gr1/velodikibemegejazipudoneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=corriere+dello+sport+oggi+pdfPDF 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_off0000fd9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000115b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115B2 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 4ebe6df3fd0448a150c315f5721c08e66b5dad1f96863c85a44b9629b3bbc168
font_02_sfnt_off00012d44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D44 18980 bytes
SHA-256: ff7f1ec7b63591c0094c939abc8fde006275d474647de36a8837d61d6f4b6352