Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 707d5af16bec83af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.6 KB Created: 2021-08-18 12:12:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: ebbc2f0bbe0e766dc52d8ddd7d4cd360 SHA-1: 95cfbc98ce98aba02c794204330e28d6dc020f06 SHA-256: 707d5af16bec83af903d91f82b70f1d6e7953f03ff4af72b00a303e5d53351c2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports its role in a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9876

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://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/77313413070.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lyshiying.com/d/files/lefusisizukovuwafede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banphimchuot.com/userfiles/file/31961279692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/32790321208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e903a705a12---94266221266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nousgarage.com/userfiles/file/rufabugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsanaq.com/upload/file/210720192107719376970kdkb68ngh.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c052324e2ca---zokorenoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b3af302f6e---5144535060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/gogejisunegumigep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608f28270d737---56905429076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itnetworkconsultingsf.com/helpdesk/app/webroot/img/userfiles/files/gopafufupesufufinebovide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eiak.org/upload/editor/files/89915027279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/xukevifapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a82f2a040d---nadidopalise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/493820280051247d981171229f70eed8/fepisuwuvolonox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tscyw.net/userfiles/file/20210611125915_khmljt.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crediramasrl.it/public/file/58016074959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h0j0lrgni0enaplddfp3gkvgep/38028909768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895beed829f---54852322954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c509910c5c9---75956021343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddc2df4b9315d3d97f472461303925df/xekigesiladosuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patroha.hu/file/veruzigami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisetnl.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210818_DF33495477AC4222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lordoptika.hu/files/files/99879243194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vleek.com/uploads/files/jetowovikoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akita-inu.lv/www/files/files/fosigibaran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=les+matrices+exercices+corrig%C3%A9s+pdf+exo7PDF 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_off0001162b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1162B 19984 bytes
SHA-256: 39a6b4248c08ceab75922b42bf6f0207d73cb54568413e2b4fc26677ad17217b
font_01_sfnt_off000148a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148A5 11076 bytes
SHA-256: b6861041bc2ee1ecd5159667ed7f272dce1f097aa6b25ab6d91e60a9145abb4e
font_02_sfnt_off00016212.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16212 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1