Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70893cee4b9c05b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-07-17 15:49:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: de2ea9a1f8df3205d5679104ccda6e18 SHA-1: 98886ada447d0889ccb4b4fb88b51177f64ca3c3 SHA-256: 70893cee4b9c05b4b6a23aaaca556b2d1e5f71ed88d72f1c700e69c12ad07eae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5jire727fjghkjq8su3emufgfu/foveram.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bangdinhphucat.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/negoxoxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a1c625794b8aa2bea4144861aee30db/dukazele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmic-kino.ru/sadm_files/41788785439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cbdd183642a3a792e9552bc20d267f0/3026886525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5480a04420f9a4c70966cf0797b61eb4/bupekuximixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210606222833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhs1966maui.com/clients/64750/File/mujoburezomeridokusup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosvanbeek.nl/mindcms/js/ckf/userfiles/files/78098635143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a6d097d2cf8ba6787d774589c800cfd/togoworenoviserokenilif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iehyun.com/editorupload/file/49124341876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42a917fe3a---45308927643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkaganjil.com/contents//files/6717413604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a2dd681423---22652419114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da16134462---31582457431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/63858329714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kedehg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28754428359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbb225c4711---94329305905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c48ea8718---26105978217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87325798096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrn.cz/pic/file/pekoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/071419273153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/dexoruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ced27362c77---pitesomibumiwibiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4f7f1f87e---sejiramebigajir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=forty+acres+tavernPDF 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_off0000c95f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC95F 10240 bytes
SHA-256: df3d737685198f3627f7d2b9f80894b57b0ba0e649e974e849580aca0d96117b
font_01_sfnt_off0000e091.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE091 16932 bytes
SHA-256: 4c442fce229fa532f329c74ad9ed18c2d584fe090147622209c6d81e213dd2c9
font_02_sfnt_off00010c75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1