Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 700bd99a75ae744e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-07-23 18:55:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fe6138cd0af826acbf2cac2dbcab2374 SHA-1: 82974d5c4171040c733da5a72f56d78a2bb291d0 SHA-256: 700bd99a75ae744ef922034059ce3ed2d893f642dcdca50770ae8ee82f9bfe0f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure as a link farm suggests it's designed to redirect users to malicious content, potentially exploiting vulnerabilities or tricking them into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/71846538401.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baacecc0e75---20000675963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pdww.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xekolajifupalanejuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ece853f034---54958875864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d19951380c4---11013834283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17d486edb23ac648ca26421ee89e31ad/12608138775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099da7068943---zoxozokofosirivewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ede622a19---97999900916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899d284d427---45940666362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdf612e11642c328cbda631825ee2209/xulozozilefufaxerotazikox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/64062174922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cb2587635---dezupujasupamemejavifuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de80c90a47e50b4a2c9ff59aeffaeffc/bapejekoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb01068ba5---44730130668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160710d9a57012---48604751730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibeguiristain.com/userfiles/files/38625928880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de75e4d530cfdfa00375a01b8b09baae/bopup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160939a7309496---xurewugevojovinamasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/061ed2398ef42454c1eda78c62b7f570/27360445496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maristaslardero.es/userfiles/file/64038797431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/88346834642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/701b024cf6da13e4ac2549858b81f5ef/83400562985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ucr67buc4f9qocmt678nbgv4l5/12542952181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anupbolivia.com/images/files/51098738545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=pelicula+pasion+por+el+triunfo+1+completa+en+espa%C3%B1ol+latinoPDF 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_off0000cc8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC8C 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 0ec0851dd1e3da2562560ece4f9f063b18e3576c99f9208f7c32ec11897221b1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5EB 18024 bytes
SHA-256: cd47eaa709aa995b299354765b42169f9a18d7a00a96e437deb303ba9c98c3f7
font_02_sfnt_off00011469.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11469 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1