Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 707c60a43424713e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:20:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 8055b21d4768a3a5aa129ec3bbb227ef SHA-1: 8ee55ba0b5f7c7604f1cccdacae899dedc44b662 SHA-256: 707c60a43424713e305c8408542e1d5f2cecf13eabe7a9da7ebdbb76f058d5f8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a common distribution method for malware or phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 http://www.hangmandigital.com/files/file/tikimodaluzujejodate.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://khotelmarket.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210628_C1CEECECA55B208F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076eaae1db1e---95617617083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072db9b245d8---70330590824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0b295450d93913e90ced6dd9d5938f1/58916904533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5efd447dc6---tidavilugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ressourcengarten.de/azubi/userfiles/files/xusinanadopoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b41642a09fe---webuwexekilumokisasojifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-boussard-chablis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61146613256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelsafeway.com/userfiles/file/resubivosasefadazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906be94ea1f---wujonodugizekuxuvuleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8lubeu9o2hatjctuk730svgi71/27370160029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukeofmarshall.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jatuvaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozari-ua.com/files/file/44376627894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51f828018289ef9873a8ae69f258a2fa/48635799513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterjobintl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61112711478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolkandkolkdesign.com/site/data/ws/files/pawomupetimafapenomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c99e5b557b2e136222acbb3b5865a51f/sugozuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/fizonemibavunefusuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seghers.kr/data/editor/file/166147902961133c640a0e5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075767e8d40e---kikuzupagaxipelebunoxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dade666.com/userfiles/202106file/2021061705045070554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608723ffdc779---47714223455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toptenstudy.com/upload/files/BodyFile__60D76D163DECD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mastirz.com/userfiles/files/xaduvodiwapinewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161218dbb29ba0---66570144723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=reciprocating+gas+compressors+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_off0000e4ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4AD 18356 bytes
SHA-256: 8a8e46c55cdb35f77e2065dab03b2e7404dbd44dc3594020656a29b16f10e973
font_01_sfnt_off000114f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114F0 10960 bytes
SHA-256: f56a714228563ee5236984e54ecdb422fd94c41f5b46aca4cb4752bdcdf10f94
font_02_sfnt_off00012e26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E26 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1