Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 707744f945cb5f2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-08-24 16:07:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4478a59d3a2af5f72da9ef5b3b9ace3c SHA-1: c7adb3140cb9ffd9ff42967d56e63c6f0a3d57de SHA-256: 707744f945cb5f2d43902e948d5fed5e5392ccd340c79b2dbb8d47aba89ef1b1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports this, indicating the document is designed to host a farm of links pointing to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9830

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=giraffes+live+in+groups+called PDF link annotation
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb1dce710d---37588701148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimstudioinc.com/media/files/wujab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ugasodaxilinapodazukuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalweek.eu/userfiles/files/78394317904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2187545f54---83647566037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mixmarketing.vn/upload/fck/file/letomulezojulozowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juniorclublivorno.com/sitonews/images_upload/files/koxajajipijadisazemaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/48477225068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/73834780322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhopphat.com/uploads/files/guvuvovujevanutodomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenmag.cz/userfiles/file/fumomuridutegel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ritadas.in/userfiles/file/firubaxegasutujepijekuwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/37257854502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608057478a2ee.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://berbagiangka.com/contents//files/doxuzufarawajazarabugux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmk.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xokekevepejobudineto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mujuerp.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/20210609012934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mploa.com/clients/2/2c/2ccb326c3583e393996f575e36ee3974/File/febiliziloraripo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktp49cidqdpt0fdb3ps858ofh3/sedisurovapakepugowojafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/34419580752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a581ad3a4ea---zaneduvewaroboba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fid-data.fr/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/jipop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/17466456627.pdfIn 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_off0000e658.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE658 17140 bytes
SHA-256: 02cd91a53b59f22978c6511e3c6b6a3f5caf97b869c3516a94310740bc1389f2
font_01_sfnt_off000112d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D8 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 9e651e88fcb85d123ef57b50fe80b04bd88b9a4b621e8f54ddabcd5d16a38e9c
font_02_sfnt_off00012c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C05 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1