Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70afc60491d7f173…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-06 00:48:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 48613c019a59862ee8035cbd0ec58db4 SHA-1: 95a5e6ac829582f73a81ca94c8c653146f1dc869 SHA-256: 70afc60491d7f17359925e53fb06fae92bd102b3fedfb2c73679e576b34c9142
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, strongly indicates a malicious intent, likely phishing or redirection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support this assessment. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate malicious actions or further obfuscate the redirection chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22208a2226f4b6882f5dad6ed57728f4/80346249581.pdf
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/lelonefusov.pdf
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dromi5r085rhn62hkoqrr93iob/95897199410.pdf
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b904004a09---54441531299.pdf
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cee74c2765---32660175258.pdf
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/xilupoviwaju.pdf
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5925a36fd412ee7bffa81e573d70a605/10120855284.pdf
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608725a1a95d9---38800811732.pdf
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d547a25e67b578e06a20c4ef8b0b779c/datisidafivedigowexorebe.pdf
    • https://belhasasecurity.com/userfiles/file/23718804486.pdf
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb59f78987---jipafoxozizopapuvotunupoz.pdf
    • http://yljx.cn/images/upload/File/50509873223.pdf
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5cokks61g2he43qu9qa6rdgi4/47565847862.pdf
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/resuv.pdf
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/77565645107.pdf
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd89dbcd74---pafopubifebufevubit.pdf
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608332becb98b---56697710546.pdf
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f691c8c94ea443a42f9377ef0b93ccf/lekom.pdf
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/43604761017.pdf
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/senam.pdf
    • http://mextro.de/upload/files/sikijikekoz.pdf
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/88282465228.pdf
    • https://www.proctoloji.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf368eb7bd---63293782687.pdf
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/dulogigowa.pdf
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a6e3438ba---22137248434.pdf
    • http://menloathertonhigh1980.com/clients/6/6f/6f83464fe0b13873896cace574d4baa5/File/56102155667.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=apa+format+for+graphs+and+tables
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee79.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE79 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010690.bin
c0147ef135fb45e716e71ec02f03b0caf43bac8a6c9c0b95deb5703643153b4c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10690 10976 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011f75.bin
30c9c0dd5981819135d454da5a62979f42a54a07564bf743e1bf4844eab587e4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F75 16744 bytes