Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 706567c108480a6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 12:05:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: bcfaf1d88e2ced9795fc4bebb3756105 SHA-1: b9112653af8ce5aacd17264b170eb0ddccf58306 SHA-256: 706567c108480a6abfd961d426cd016791d095c8520b5756da43689632871337
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://slide-bearing.com/d/files/58800241492.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105081735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbjvh0lihumpmhmogvqmhum1tg/38234470625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbgnfinance.com/userfiles/file/24782062375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungdvmklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/luligosiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074414a9cb7f---kilokobuwoworikemuxedix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fcab3b6e6---64645254027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827066d7e86---95432457181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6dc5b59773---68478176991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c32eebc229b---xuwawujumepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92f3a67ee8e1794274262e161434f196/45674226242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb21c4e8c4---zemogomepaguwafasaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b1fcde8ffe68472ed19fcdd7a05e245/79784384651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rkdestate.com/userfiles/file/falidokakokenaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b81b2093e---wapavumikupujodevowaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etpatatietpatata.com/userfiles/files/97660634806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nscvbgg7h6pk1b89olg6fmpf73/magex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/nevinuximekamadeluwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3be02684a1a3728f5bc4b93098e16a3/19144668473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=office+clerk+positionsPDF 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_off0000e872.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE872 16812 bytes
SHA-256: 369270b7f65614c4cbe4716a6dc867d9162674f37e30e2fc91c859798e15dacd
font_01_sfnt_off0001140d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1140D 10428 bytes
SHA-256: cade9c50c00c947a111c54c9963c0e1977b7f62c5e58435b7c3b46cb0cd7cd64
font_02_sfnt_off00012bd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1