Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70d732ae343be71c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 02:02:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b3e4a15bf14e335ee48c7f21fb80265a SHA-1: 5c729b596b35fa43c349e3ccd8f05f039c492fb3 SHA-256: 70d732ae343be71c403dc4a961f4a1a59d481fe99751ebbf329188159c19e526
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure and numerous external links suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9dbe527a640b302dcee1316a71cebdd/9174046017.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf6264a78f---91128959810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizerproductionprocess.com/d/files/10712222498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e84c41604dfd65d384da7572b5782592/tegikusekozexujujoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-14/20210614020451496831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahispesinde.com/gnc/veri/_files/pekasajopubabomidijor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///36370037970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pathakpharma.in/singhania/downloads/file/mezebapuminadisomasixum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e079ca8de7---favunig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfb6a44b28---1947267626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8097fed5eaecc7d0afa049e01ee2184e/85834089645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e05d1d0bf---4760674646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6vimjfaf6g1jgq2vi8unjeji82/8401854052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/mamori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9b7a1a89fd4bb834cc8351a336a61d6/26496884459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b579170c71---ralanitepujoserelipabomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160daee3c145d9---limetitoxemugimidebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f23f36390---33964844974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c376c1d982---38683182026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c0e942f73---ridoxupajopufosobujagowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c8c65e6ff---67895733988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/kejikexajole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=reversing+a+single+phase+motor+with+a+contactorPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccb4b1518c7c80c9f6762c2fc38f2e31/6670291449.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_off0000ef31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF31 17472 bytes
SHA-256: d4d3291833d6ff41782e0b81a679e7929b2afb32dae6edb814cbe45c2f0bef19
font_01_sfnt_off00011cda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CDA 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 6f050ba2e0a3d2be377c73c5337fd2881ef125babcc8ccdf32b1b34729ab6510
font_02_sfnt_off0001365f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1365F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1