Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 705aa6095ef47cb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-08-27 12:34:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2f8caafe0926670ca3043018b293ab79 SHA-1: 0b1a42c5226a537101edd49661b807aec877f15b SHA-256: 705aa6095ef47cb7affe6115ff19d1a6b03d1676131d394c63dcd6dde7d20f87
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a phishing or malware distribution site. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://nhadatv.com/webroot/img/files/20914943679.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6e61d68922---sowelaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e45ee0e62b7---35815219020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7892f6e8ed80e308c19bd3e9169377af/fenebozomogaxajewuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784471e2718---2125195146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/99289760112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanhoadautu.vn/static/uploads/editor/files/1679882299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klick-tipp.at/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/79647221325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpv0oc015afrev8gj330qs4jb6/vigapenitekenel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0a66ba00f1d2c5df9fa8376ca214235/dutinosidad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099966bdc792---76464118747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19de98ff9626f81436539f5f82c561a4/32697983286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb581710d24---novamuwulovimobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/38550923078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efd63a194e---milopefekinakebikozodajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/wutulolepojasevuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martabaktelor.com/contents//files/86220833549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golden-candies.ru/webroot/files/files/17422883745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edf3fd1973bf087750c10087f9525ffa/32839510173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pics4us.de/userfiles/file/toxigitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diclenakliyat.com/userfiles/file/28562786951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caycanhtuyhien.com/uploads/image/files/42943842510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fl726h7a5866p95rf7l8p7f6f6/2221340440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e71e4740a9ad0d83fa9d7cdc823c8ab/66229418760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a95bf0d463---vubowenurena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=antonyms+of+absencePDF 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_off0000c573.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC573 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 7e6989358fffbed58d31e0993a3d2f139d70c252c10ff30966f1d474b242a5ac
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD73 16484 bytes
SHA-256: 805ed3c9d29ec0fc37b7563527876b2e7fc5654e6b3d413d963b24fc5e75d463
font_02_sfnt_off000107ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1