Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 703594ef6f09a109…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-08-27 20:12:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: ad617366f4554117976f12b57c29f2fe SHA-1: b9c211ea46171b7248e197cebf0a956cb9b15a2b SHA-256: 703594ef6f09a109484e6ca490b1ee83c0effa902d928fb1123cf05bf551d001
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of external URIs and the ML detection indicate a high likelihood of malicious intent, possibly involving the download of further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://nfraccon.org/userfiles/file/jijokolirazuzavud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://prestizhstroycompany.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/novewugefizoferi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/54903575009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b3f9381c9ad1a8963d28f0d26a1718d/taravovulukimebej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lammensfilip.be/uploads/files/kujizumavizepuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9cc4146b0577a53123f7c128ad70191/bufefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc25b4189ba6b49cdda0fab690ed1445/39955084598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736a3f8d48b---34297256700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca19eb6ef7---95356317108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/68275216124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitree.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71355970228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomarazzi.eu/userfiles/files/76580505210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ski-experience-japan.com/images/blog//file/56772916695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunjewelsonline.com/userfiles/file/33256868680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/juwulibelixatem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2baf84cc0---33850664531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a3cd136af---48621122945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55eit2ok3cujnf63i1f41b1637/13103947744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makassitools.com/userfiles/file///92879759243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a13af067e---jabuponapaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlmahtani.com/userfiles/files/95692171001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icr34.fr/icr/icr34.fr/www/files/files/17324877116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superlitefan.com/uploads/files/noxamokodil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021062507172754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p0u340heig6301e1ks39qr3vi0/28332931892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=bed+bug+bites+on+baby+facePDF 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_off0000f6e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010efb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EFB 17836 bytes
SHA-256: 15f88f27adc6fc700a03b2909666e0b3c04975a49cd77ab285c0eddd8ea4d86d
font_02_sfnt_off00013db4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DB4 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 95951318ca76c4f60d2a0fb8d8b4e00b97dd5e5753c1194c7e7dacf29766ecc5