Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70a21e1f432c5ec5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-08-12 13:53:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fc5e14ce3de6a5322980b0e3ca1dc0e2 SHA-1: da6fe6a78314ca85ad3ca7546cb182e27324ea0a SHA-256: 70a21e1f432c5ec5a7455f7c8405940d0065e21ac161da1ce9b396004b719dfc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript further suggests the potential for malicious actions within the document itself. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=glencoe+mathematics+for+business+and+personal+finance+answer+book PDF link annotation
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/xusinaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/ziforuloxoxipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4756b5271---mefarekobeguzuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espace-hotelier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruwapibukipetik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/ralajoguzozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickendaylacrescenta.com/uploads/files/13036440804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610456b34e9f2---61489590753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/wemevoditabizesufiwubewod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f4c2b7b870c6ded39a79e3d46c48b64/36064857981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d568230c56d3a73cfb5bf969d3f107a/70484446360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/880c85d41e8f5dd36a4df57d6759b694/vamidawapifonobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d572acafa3d87531ec61f74a4c84bd7/96817357184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/libozujojavikinew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d7e09be8066b7506dae1dfe38acb193/kerepawiperipuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d888ca2d4---62433103270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/1230698526608ae7f4d1f8d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-vostok.ru/userfiles/file/kegolukoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/17901362651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mistral-paints.cz/userfiles/files/silenuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelofthewinds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21824856050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ideylia.fr/uploads/file/25047211098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eb88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001039f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1039F 11344 bytes
SHA-256: 27e03d34e18c3a84bdfde500aad2ba23777dabf82900527af2c841d07fb8ad7c
font_02_sfnt_off00011ded.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DED 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 332fd313cab3270cd32cac8421972eddcad4c7a8d16403fe391de40d8ad450eb