Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70e676ad7af83070…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:04:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 04fb0a20accbb88cd5b25aa2398ebe29 SHA-1: f72f28c1c6ba27a2f1de457513873bc82653a803 SHA-256: 70e676ad7af83070fb0039001f39251eee8906c983d950b0dfe0135967b90ddd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous links to external URLs hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating a tactic to distribute malicious files or phish for information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=electrical+panel+boards+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://yjsyrj.com/userfiles/file/96895155917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents//files/puvobixitun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnicadovolante.com/images/file/wokezitubefez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc7ca438e3---tuzibepifugunifiwuxadega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grimastone.ru/files/lojaniledemasubofalorata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/xuzadena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozhelalikram.de/resimler/files/puzazipizoxiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737147049a6---jewot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d2e1e7b2f---fibixunolewevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900764480ae---pokanexog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec6a5ed7fc---14345355874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6c7d8a768b56a1e17a8cdef6b8c1d2b/48970362192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e65o543vi8ai5jrhk7iniea2s7/27002776233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/unf5u3lk650kqa76jma5pnhqiv/33309786479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707436e563d---vorufudamituguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836095bfc63---74910874523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b015195e082---wiminenanalot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/nulinokojawanimorimobuvid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/92147843374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b4de27825c1a7abe0b1d96847223933/foginasawojuromomokulud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lfg3q1gf603pacvaqag7nub9n4/ramabexumibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sierrahighalumni.com/clients/878712/File/9881117297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccecceeda66---gisusevetozukedafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18c3226894c441eff2949f8cc672f5c7/gewumawipozefevobefabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b1beafa77---kabuvenubepoguxuvelopik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dental-forum.ru/userfiles/file/78900253600.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_off0000e7e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7E0 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 8eeb19dff34e3c25410e556072b76f91f4723538fc043eb229f44cea382ee71f
font_01_sfnt_off0001005f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1005F 16708 bytes
SHA-256: 44ec7e97411ff99ec1e98c8d8abad5b5d89310adc2cf05fb2b9de5c104c6e93e
font_02_sfnt_off00012b95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1