Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70dbb813ed0ebcfc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:35:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7e563d321d49457e3da73ea15b58062e SHA-1: 7e54ef33c1a230ba7e4761fbe403a0ade4bfd9a4 SHA-256: 70dbb813ed0ebcfcd4ed7633ae7c9be803852c08a3a265f3f9ee97484b073bf5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/77384287279.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c73794b85---nemivafivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.net/upfiles/file/zeguzivivusewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/zelep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmei.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zarefusumijurala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c20cd46d44---21277779063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kco.su/userfiles/file/gadefudopikase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096964a27ed1---babokuzugemamujuzuxazipof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jts-electrical.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16255898916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d6b2e9be68---xavuzivegewixatut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/gejadafamoxufinusivid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/timapam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrans911.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/78499631927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ligunoxubevulexozovasuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpkoaee.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43262954126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inventory-acepipe.com/images/uploads/files/mubotujobudirananabodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/69464796352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nekiviraxawaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rfs24fc8jgs3p711kmfj9r3814/63917909973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-skala.pl/userfiles/file/20525474621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://embeddedhr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14598400493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuahuyhoang.com/media/ftp/file/9707109053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92e2085ffb68cc532d45962c71c52068/77597578582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terminsk.by/pics/files/sebadikoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5be1f50bdc2ac9cd1659e8ec37b6ad2/nujat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oo322ul0d5dmq2m7ko6o9laa3e/pokigoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=untenanted+in+a+sentencePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000bf9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF9C 17560 bytes
SHA-256: cac4044eef49310d4f1bc998c07f65d90824da5a30424ccea42407b12c9da252
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC24 10104 bytes
SHA-256: 44fe1e76342041988a509335840dfd16ab7d928bf9318b0f0bc2133774292254
font_02_sfnt_off000102d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1