Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70df7f59d5df0135…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 08:58:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f45c9e327cb5dfd47f72ea30d10f3e1a SHA-1: 910cc6a79052342946cddab0b3d529deb0e1deb2 SHA-256: 70df7f59d5df0135727664b085820c402ba3142c6efbeb6615d65d3f32bb78bd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated high maliciousness. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's used to distribute further malicious content or redirect users. The presence of multiple unknown URLs associated with compromised CMS uploads reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9fc983fa0---rulirosuniroxomasilajagu.pdf
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/mimirepuzitemabewum.pdf
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b7114d0db---87229714139.pdf
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/54353541368.pdf
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19319103671.pdf
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/wadamuwareb.pdf
    • http://614move.com/clients/4890/File/pubopuvu.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a027e870f---wesotalebexu.pdf
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d2eb258ad---pujubemuwazitonilegovowu.pdf
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94d777e0b9---51850822462.pdf
    • https://synersys.fr/contenu/file/rugevu.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ba7f98b997---kiketilojimokod.pdf
    • https://tucarrorentacar.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ligek.pdf
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9fa463e344---fefaxo.pdf
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/dalugobaliwune.pdf
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50bc793aacf9aa6ec102865587d66a02/53540177471.pdf
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/xepinutulilora.pdf
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088df344f4c6---keguziloruvudopanojulux.pdf
    • http://haustechnik-hagenauer.at/zukim.pdf
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/90531000114.pdf
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088824800f45---fasavemulubug.pdf
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dndr2enmv1jctj1hg4vsjprea4/xufetixuzibepelubepojene.pdf
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/poi8h2b1fgqh3vioeltmvdnge1/fezemexebufixe.pdf
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160896a8775b2b---nokenozufipipobirok.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=a+long+day+without+you+my+friend
    • 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_off0000c406.bin
9a581b1e526e86d3f72453e5041ef2d6de2b8cf54c225fea1df5391ff2c99445
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC406 16784 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000efc9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC9 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000107e0.bin
597fb6afd1824855063f6f1dae344f203edeb6aaaf811e69eb589f371d741ce6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E0 10912 bytes