Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70c60e058714f537…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-25 01:01:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5ddb1464f4ee217c2e09869699c2429a SHA-1: 08c81b2838bb73169623c53125b435bf125b42df SHA-256: 70c60e058714f5376639fcbf7d94f55c58eb682bdf42cb1474ddb6c77e078f0c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, strongly suggest a phishing or link-farming campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cara+setting+apn+simpati+di+android PDF link annotation
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93e96d29bf8038bc87f9ef85b0c2f441/58134316420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lk0ho1dflkbjt66vtpl4alqbj1/20451264003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kammerchor-lindau.com/file/vamobok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131122a498e9---jigoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanaelectric.com/userData/board/file/66407511894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/zaruwipugabunuzikatizuwip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almudenafernandez.co/ckfinder/userfiles/Files/45445127245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cana.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/9884773150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belitour.ir/basefile/belitourir/files/71078261456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecofincas.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14152572364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpkprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99983101720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntouioc.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikelexilovabesomavegej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaonoithatgiahung.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/vodadul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paolacaone.eu/userfiles/files/gugerepoxukinipuwopip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soenen-pneus.com/upload/file/nigelanovovubizirose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/37819406732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarireggioemilia.it/userfiles/files/gavidilixusapakabozamabil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olymp-kiev.com/temp/fckeditor/file/9242709300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kcpsystem.com/userData/board/file/51878512411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136ee40bf138---17054194568.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_off0000aef3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEF3 15388 bytes
SHA-256: f8d9f47aafd28d2be92a4f34553fd2365f48b5aaad11a320251b126bb321965f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE03 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 3b5fc5519b66ead98a42c8b0a6d11369442b836024a6a42155639a24741a1751