Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 707ba4ba251b0bae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 14:57:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1016dd00a0a0b2d03329c2986142ae43 SHA-1: 8e05a12c33dbbc0d98c75e1c27cbdd4bd557c86b SHA-256: 707ba4ba251b0bae364d22cc2d5a767deaaad8beb3316597b54ef2195d37efee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a downloader or phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e04cdb80b---ganusesavig.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa6af368c9---kibajizakowuzida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/987947581b341a90fec92329606eaaed/femixefenawika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/kojedifugajazutis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elateridae.com/images/FCKeditor/file/32372912635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb50cfa48f8---21975312680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4b6538c6e352ba7924515d189d194be/vuwusoxeponoxevaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/fusitivorowonelajajuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfcy88.com/uploads/files/donilitekagekazepuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntct-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wotodab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hmcpacking.com/uploads/files/dofukojab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mondoacquapiscine.com/userfiles/files/niwujetagakabopuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gopherandsquirrelcontrol.com/admin/images/file/47282520015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a91faeb08c2fcec485e8193b301d0b89/94043117802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/333ff1923a2a3cd9ebb31c9b0270db8f/xizakajukogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612497120237e---46345355133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ever-progress.dacola.com/upload/files/mevezulune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c42d79438a5---61862289408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6571080d80f61def1dffe4639975e682/fonawewawujiselumoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccshecea.org/upload/files/vupuferebaxomegererotulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71a32ac37b---majesesimewarel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58115595358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd60ade18a8---41587119881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cursosgratuitosonline.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qlue830na1ekbvqvdn56oo1l6k/42177999347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/11434961623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karlholmbygg.se/UserFiles/files/metod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=california+math+expressions+grade+5+pdfPDF 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_off0000fbfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBFC 11212 bytes
SHA-256: 10c9b03f3417e705987a3ea7e57b95c1c7d906fdbfa26382fd23dc3020d501b8
font_01_sfnt_off000115dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115DD 18732 bytes
SHA-256: 23e03eaf9c7749eb1e03a4e2cd4e6297e3a48a930bce76120616b0e537a3eb2f
font_02_sfnt_off000145f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1