Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 570f6c84a40ca6e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

115.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 08:06:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: caea06deb103464df76ca675d29fab35 SHA-1: 753ce1c5832c8359fcabe9ee48806655b3d0d972 SHA-256: 570f6c84a40ca6e0f53f6f2baa6b73b20beac8592c723611d0150e37777238aa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it's designed to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for distributing further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3f28b555f---88493192340.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/rijobasusekide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac75069596---87980589193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m5k3bgpem2hbpfmsoj6a8k0oe3/mefujororojutajeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog//file/xetudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56095affa46a07018dfcd81137bf308c/52789462639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waltwhitmanclassof1965.com/clients/c/cc/ccbfa8a87e297cd67510599b8aebcb74/File/webowisalobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7adc419de9---20038867667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095a76dc0980---poporamuxobomexap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukysovin.com/img-svc/files/85699861803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t1narbdpghp18pjk0hfn361uh3/12175435080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc651a81b8---puninodinemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/46755556230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/xotezozedefonomewowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608135d0a0761---woxotojanefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/jasevugavulobuzawux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptogel2.com/contents//files/90999003705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775e9b05fc4---juvigezevatujogozed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbb48ad0d5---rogapagales.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078fbf7855c5---22920810481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosgratuitosonline.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4pbvgs1nics2pjk68ibvd7mmc5/9868606439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a14c1959e0---78774978431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=the+motion+of+a+pendulum+isPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001451e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1451E 10724 bytes
SHA-256: e070a3cfdede823e8008baac2e2197b88fd3c5fba0d962aa6f408b94108ea9a4
font_01_sfnt_off00015d8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D8A 16168 bytes
SHA-256: 1cfb00680a8a18ef5d5af493cc5b57cfe410abeba37087ee2ecd799c98b61e68
font_02_sfnt_off00017322.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17322 19576 bytes
SHA-256: c0af481fddb67723b2fe16bc96c28684c88abd6229b740e4266201689ee1490b
font_03_sfnt_off0001a69f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A69F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1