Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 703c5603b8709c90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:36:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6a25dea919afb75dac5506ebbde11986 SHA-1: 8128c1e54766e4ba288c2e8d39495659a06ed6a0 SHA-256: 703c5603b8709c907ca6c2d6d61eaa0cdbf928f22a9ba60dae311a6f3263e7c7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on compromised or disposable domains. These URLs are likely used to deliver phishing content or further malware stages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+two+quarts+equal PDF link annotation
    • http://velapower.com/glwh/UploadFile/file/2021082307550473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c6816a8b46---930557252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosewoodcity.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/wazezozafiseto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6cb6eea11e---wiropejekevede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kargo-box.com/uploads/files/didinogodalumutewofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ec992f0d8---sujibokeminewupeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gustosandvic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/felakitidiras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/sudukedidokuvidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotaviselapifevika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff3337e309---nosewotuxekizadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/65951773387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thangmayedex.com/webroot/img/files/13513515433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosvag.ru/img/lib/file/25855912347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd7c163ddb3c5433c3210f0b26155285/49604845592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b23b223d54e---4030761198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eb6e5e1bf3565982cff29f894b30777/78605631069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b29bc16d7713a517632c7be7be27ab7a/16798877225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075978aacd84---16748667359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adimhukuk.com/resimler/files/97588472960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cba60.com/clients/6/6c/6c2dd71b6188bc8e8f5adc6209c6f86c/File/pirerivipemubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cwlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0badfcc278682aeb38a33a59eb68d77/77785412773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-insurance-broker.de/downloads/luwerasidapopikodosusuzoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jacsonsfurniture.com/userfiles/file/zutogevebajuzubigut.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dee2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEE2 16568 bytes
SHA-256: 24bdf69aeab740930416bf09df19e86b747a1e6b959f5157e71d9f94b4be9924
font_01_sfnt_off00010985.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10985 10472 bytes
SHA-256: d7b3b203459371485e0d7b0bf8d81571d3d70679670192c7abe69164bdb0d841
font_02_sfnt_off00012153.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12153 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1