Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70c95b64841d7ee2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:01:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 70c86556eeec7f6b2093abfec8171af6 SHA-1: 12c392c40a02ee50f396bb25d2cd48531020ddf6 SHA-256: 70c95b64841d7ee28e034be958cce5e5439e11d6b88216b24bc04077e981406f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, as indicated by numerous heuristic firings related to compromised CMS uploads and link farms. The presence of multiple links pointing to potentially malicious domains suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b644f1c5fcf---potejinoxufobixada.pdf
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/troju9487019grffocs4gqgago/89210819491.pdf
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34fa293bf939cb820546c17e9329e2db/86468126873.pdf
    • http://pomocnaukowa.net/Upload/file/josagavuvofoworogagugoni.pdf
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/dobozopolofunosufafuw.pdf
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/92076743203.pdf
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/64675621060.pdf
    • http://bora.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20009424344.pdf
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/450332b9ac06b250a29444c72c82dd41/81189746150.pdf
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c31a1d49cef---xibowagomakonevawawi.pdf
    • http://clinicaveterinariailmarzocco.it/userfiles/files/46020505606.pdf
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b5c85112d---36793633009.pdf
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/86926877164.pdf
    • http://zulaikhatextile.com/userfiles/files/2817739341.pdf
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7fc97872070b247e1b139b666e90f77/14985099640.pdf
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/vukuveru.pdf
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27fb84e29a---vowokixajotoxaxud.pdf
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210519152232_5vufv0.pdf
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c20e43773---55554867247.pdf
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bfd88632fcc86a3a190cedf57f8ce2c/busukevakuna.pdf
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32e33262864962653708d1d765874bde/rerajitoner.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77j1r2suorlgtocodqgqaf8807/loxafimegevotovajoro.pdf
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e1442236f31a8b74fc0c76ac453009d/gonozuzozukuvej.pdf
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3ppsm34msgbc2vm2ao50nrlb6/jigumazogasawik.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=3ds+max+2017+install
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c80b.bin
326b831f8fe08e0fe9b30a67c30946026a6a2146d1be9cde15183f3899a7ba75
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC80B 18764 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f79a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF79A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010fa7.bin
5c343a5564cc7a203ad2129e85c93bddf38ed9de6219de8f8960aafaf785a6b9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FA7 2688 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00011adf.bin
d5ff1db03b5384d49af104271edff40bd7d376f27b6b24b6e9d760956285dd8d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ADF 10580 bytes