Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 704067d462014418…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:04:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f0ae7af93d17991d16180d48839782a7 SHA-1: d24c327ade472245f133909b95cf6bc5bf6cb1bc SHA-256: 704067d4620144180c6870331262aaec3bdae79f3f1bb08ef0c33f0db30f1ecb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic and the ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing lure, likely aiming to trick users into downloading malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/melosidakofevu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/djs1lfu5k0bvq2lqlsi00vbgu1/raposuruvifibidosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ebab297d03fcbf532c5f5f48bab67bc/losetukikazatiwadobuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084930f6e6d2---pukosorusoxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f4ce73d2cec2ea7f3f55ede6d54acf9/bifotigajikemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ea82d015c---piwufexegajakoketoziwuzof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c43409d18e---nuvafepefasib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/264eb8558d6af983fdae46e6fe8e8e75/dotuxetatajokido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents//files/35228611494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e359efd15936a7721128f7f79be8abf2/31499698946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/wopinabedawixedusutafuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1245fc070555c373534aa72a16479efd/bifiwekesesepeneruvurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/jifowurilexawofutif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac93b016f4c---47198709274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14d554faedc138286ab76b3a83916771/65843058859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f22d1a4b2---92569917824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/mipexejiluwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dbe15a7990b846e86830d1e683dc55d/tixidogoxowivufabuzuwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2655a17913---xazuzafisek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc24d10e99---jujabavegokexajan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/doc9fm2qhp0rm13ro66kjpn64p/kepabovufugavebixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6r6rg10p43iusanoh0pagp19m/gawesirupasex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f0a9303e4---kidisegobovikupimixifutis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psiakocky-potisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lunenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=download+photoshop+cc+2020+free+full+versionPDF 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_off00010285.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10285 11212 bytes
SHA-256: 1b284f32e4fd2d79656fb5926cce9007a6d35c37c75251bad8e3022a79da5c82
font_01_sfnt_off00011cd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000134e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134E6 17684 bytes
SHA-256: 46eff1b98ba8de939c6c3110797d463283f8f3b105d50e31a41515dd5357bcdf