Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70c36286f0cd74d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 10:04:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a354c7cd203c141756a01547439fef88 SHA-1: 767f868e0026a763490df4b18fb88507338f1cc0 SHA-256: 70c36286f0cd74d60d3c68eaba2ffebb14a700c58b1e49f3674512d6f68ba5db
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains. Several heuristics indicate that these URLs are part of a link farm, with some hosted on compromised CMS uploads and others on disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or directing users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+record+video+in+snapchat+without+holding
    • http://china-zub.ru/userfiles/file/63792638509.pdf
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/xezoluwutezas.pdf
    • http://mospolytech.ru/storage//files/lofimigenobebetezaxudixu.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850e45823a5---fubomadixejasixukolasam.pdf
    • http://efuturesthai.com/uploads/file/jemepuf.pdf
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eb02edf73cded38919cf9a5446ab08a/54452092840.pdf
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b61f9cc751d---80112178331.pdf
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46e41757c6---98247722501.pdf
    • http://lightningriskassessment.com/ci/userfiles/files/lasigurogolot.pdf
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/27716031877.pdf
    • http://chrislahoda.ca/userfiles/file/81453650134.pdf
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fred5hrke2flbsu1chlo7958m/vatobibuvologi.pdf
    • http://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/13545698555.pdf
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/56468607261.pdf
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607766ec28afc---26597534629.pdf
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/383ce862afd41d3e184f596cdb8e89ba/wazis.pdf
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c674552738---lotuforezugufusomer.pdf
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869201d5ee6---ludisaragepuge.pdf
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ocsrmgvgsghj7pk5npolai80i1/xefowaletofisuxasetikosaf.pdf
    • http://jevades.com/aircraft/fckimages/file/wuxenodabogotekiwuduz.pdf
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/86325283823.pdf
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/24276963740.pdf
    • https://bostoncake888.com/UserFiles/files/77470143743.pdf
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba3cc4e3c4b---90883212755.pdf
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/kesufamumubatokax.pdf
    • 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_off0000fbc2.bin
db53133956655e5d8bda826d46663410250ef040853b46de71e1a3eeed742b8d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC2 11036 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001152d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1152D 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012d3f.bin
be1ae227456cb92a1f1cbb05fe26828b0a16d3be695421d2949f570ec42fdc1b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D3F 17268 bytes