Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70072463b0d57e3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-08-28 22:11:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3eaf803b53c2d541af46633552ebb181 SHA-1: 3e9427d52f60cafd6897a5d46bb0193f81071c9d SHA-256: 70072463b0d57e3c0157220ffd18a7455bb76d986251ca8ec731fcfeed011fbe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=authorization+letter+to+file+documents PDF link annotation
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/vemonopunijiramaligu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4d50d7c7de---99844818436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9ad74373ed---11685930184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d315a2e6d2---wipewux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gallery4walls.com/upload/editer/file/kopodasimenulutixubut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oakgroveschoolheritage.com/clients/b/bc/bc5c94904a1f00f1300372e6f875146f/File/rejotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiari-web.com/ckfinder/optimist/files/gikalosixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/goveroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d45a1cf215f---kebidutezibid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a60bd98h3fsq7nc6va4rm7ol28/rexugimonofabanidujujel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b864826f0fe---gotom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9b928c923---86835813150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59qfg43oa3g0rv5t85r4m4hfvh/5079723703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://network-italia.it/file/31047532510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7defbb20c5f944755a37d52ac3f7ad6/banilokulekubufakigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exam11.menapoint.com/app/webroot/upload/files/44634206290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/45244293258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sintellect.ru/Repository/file/27929701718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salondebellezaanamariaromero.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwalodetegogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68d117bbec86493b03a10922a205ccff/todopowopida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607052c961e6a---zimodovopalumesodatadasid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160845a3a214c3---fepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqrainternationalschool.org/_assets/files/nigibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dooroc.com/tk/upload/file/daguwikabazuxexapubun.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_007_off00012b0b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x12B0B 18608 bytes
SHA-256: 404c83bf202fcec963e547d85658eda9b1b57790a79fb687b88847739bb18a56
font_00_sfnt_off0000d10f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD10F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e926.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE926 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 6ee1add3366b2f191584c55ca52633cc02dff3f5bbf783a5d9cdc32c796427c3
font_02_sfnt_off0001022e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1022E 16060 bytes
SHA-256: 2443ad3ceb7e8a565f088ad1c149a32a294643907edb9c1c89c693e48654c2f1