Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 570a2e4c04836669…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-30 10:06:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 19df59fa77d36c772b5ac16cd618fce4 SHA-1: 9fecfcaeb7a4fccbc2eec36ce101aa21b53ebfc8 SHA-256: 570a2e4c04836669ae7b9913c08d9dbfc7dd257f1afc189be20bd25e091e29aa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDFs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous external links suggests a phishing or credential harvesting attempt, likely involving a malicious document download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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 http://jimsclub.net/new/board/img_tinfo/file/20210726144659.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609afcb143292---65557827045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721a5abe68a---34891855528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ece5a1c431---sasujitafugititagobopavek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibunajcc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61596462235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/54933929215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099aca5d6b4a---68027427020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ffebf9b8ae501c3db0adcab7efc7c69/47492224456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3d4ba33ead---89105391606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/98377254319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/lomosumitedefevowupujula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/053fb8756c2f33c64f71d38cc4f55509/savufejinimivoremitasuwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://music-group-store.com/upload/files/jurejenofibupanipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/besuputibufumas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/21385677013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0af0cbe4d---vemipuxopufeferikitof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanilkwanla.com/uploads/files/42731444593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9cc84441f90049464ef680223b8f0a4/xirezugawokuwilibete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlantidegattico.it/file/11248475954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfb6f00b63b6a6b7811f069974804493/63526407866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089aff863e90---70868698429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=bandwidth.com+clec+llc+customer+service+numberPDF 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_off0000f29f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF29F 17496 bytes
SHA-256: b263280e48fe5376872b8ec409d3f02e75ae90cc1900352fd628fdf1ffc489f3
font_01_sfnt_off0001205f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1205F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013876.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13876 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 65b7c5587031985153c0937b8208a94b75d191276030a099c67accb5fa1921ef