Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 703ffe4017692212…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-05-22 22:13:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-07-07
MD5: 1889dcbee5dd694e357ff74894cbc41b SHA-1: d373269cc867c96f47057ef6dc64a5ef04a33089 SHA-256: 703ffe40176922124d2dd8210f321c39cb42f48ce0daca9d29786474cd7d0113
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, likely intended to host and distribute malicious payloads. The embedded content suggests a lure for downloading software, which is a common tactic for distributing malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=idm+download+manager+free+download+full+version+with+crack+2020 PDF link annotation
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b41a3fbe3ed9b55691d9b1e283e7ad65/buxivirafupuxotevezeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089adfd12bc0---zabogasivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7909f385af---wapuvopolopumawelawefole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af9fa499e4562cb1c6ced23c81eb767e/kagirutigerobuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baa63b017408d6c763be953618157acf/56858771185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/poganepib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2cc925d15---gosozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ch8n822dvc681d75puoqg7cl7/34143021013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/4345586279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afde1bf458e3981646d6a7c3263dec0a/43673976836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/rebud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/25054821817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d47bdb4139---fopifitudimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f93500f5d8---28517692857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bbb8a74ff85cf4f26134af1e79dcd5c/69544615773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tn2vglb0i8tjrfuqdmrcoln640/97339239496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE77 5860 bytes
SHA-256: c981984f86d7ef6844ceac8a6c82ca53e45e2481eb3cb77e5ec6188066f57091
font_01_sfnt_off0001025c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1025C 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 96f10a5b02b4914a7ac2ba1924af4e18d2444949c500b3d8379d10189adaa116