Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70c9aa3ba4ac3735…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 16:50:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 48c8b60831e787f66a80580f01f422a0 SHA-1: 8bf2b2183e9d84165298df9ea93f71c3c9549e1a SHA-256: 70c9aa3ba4ac373557b009b03bd91b283bbea23c42618f5706227ec87dc565b0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

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 https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc84f2759b---guwilulovafubesa.pdf
    • http://bobas24.pl/Upload/file/76810590687.pdf
    • http://eia-edu.com/userfiles/file/82305049210.pdf
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///wejuratitoraxafivekapib.pdf
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/zolazikitulesubu.pdf
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/dofaxadekexezidalud.pdf
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/359cb157738d88d432db31c266857a36/sevula.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b67d960fe---nepaka.pdf
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4b6n17dcqrjecg5qed7092jk0/2523988453.pdf
    • http://mindentudor.hu/userfiles/file/rewodekikokul.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e9cade07e---bidogozopunu.pdf
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/34895350797.pdf
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/26974485379.pdf
    • http://bangtutrang.com/upload/files/53292432639.pdf
    • http://tw-sincere.com/upfiles/editor/files/zoreroxetinalipik.pdf
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de15c69127f6feccefcdc90977eb732a/32628603111.pdf
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6e6ec2451---18117636763.pdf
    • http://kalkulacka-hypo.cz/userfiles/files/68159730684.pdf
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/66954448566.pdf
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607754160fc61---jivesovejugep.pdf
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/nenixiwaguraraniri.pdf
    • http://abnicum.com/files/file/17929155662.pdf
    • https://travelstore.tn/userfiles/file/46390600940.pdf
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5cf2ac7d8---xubufux.pdf
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d3d028ab4---jafireneniravaxesuvi.pdf
    • https://elsa-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44259064560.pdf
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc74d8e28b---20409552479.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=dear+god+thank+you+for+always+holding+my+hand
    • 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_off0001196c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1196C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001317e.bin
5e4f326820aaa12a4f9c03ca06d1f86c1465279f3038b9b9dc480a79dec3b09c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1317E 17116 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015dea.bin
f02dfb5b458722e76e609b58dc30110810895f227ca1dc6957626ab3aa1eefed
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15DEA 11192 bytes