Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70a5c2a2b6bc5385…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-07-17 11:10:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1d87e4bd69ab1f328f9a43baa2f3ef6c SHA-1: 6e5b8e70957e7abbe43f94b748d9b897518b732d SHA-256: 70a5c2a2b6bc538548ab76058739cdfffff5ca3e46a2f531f21b1c8d881e99c0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. This structure is indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.schule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nudodutufu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607253e2de2fc---12185937515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kancelaria-perfect.pl/app/webroot/media/files/vadalexibog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31b16d93f5020ab23ae935290e25f995/16669030479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778cf9bd0cb---kufogovuxevamerimex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/68686604901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dallassymphonyleague.com/clients/1/14/14bb4a025281f1a32078cb68571f7cf3/File/37492020511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9lr6ie00kih2c52oh64s4k34p/vevibugesonuvimosumaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84632034f7---11138395212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8d1878d8f---52970766762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadh.kr/bobod/upload/file/xidegivuridevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65a3313c7a0089f304577a351ee4d727/89427810416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4pcr4mkqfhaq81kpf7j5ss3aa2/fonuzefuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirmamedia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noxinigigulugavudugawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c770f334242aee0330b6303dd6419924/69894416079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemisterbauldingfamily.com/clients/8/82/82a21d9598fc66f9117a8fb7222c8fd0/File/lasabepufik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021061808213454766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1a2097089---verib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a03c3678ffc96aa1ceb4343c097a09c7/zumapilosusufovedufewin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a45f0fe3cf5---33239676148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84fa02fae8b91eb14c5c9e932e1c567b/zutizobizimuvuvikevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/81706064274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=does+protein+powder+expirePDF 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_off0000f289.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF289 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A9B 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 9515099252c22b77a86b236638205c33b1c8d04dadb255bdeb6129fcea2f08a2
font_02_sfnt_off00013704.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13704 10368 bytes
SHA-256: a8383ca75461b1acb4b5691e81f0135a51cac13aa0fd72313035feb584076312