Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70e9e7ff3a34adb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-07-31 02:37:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 2243edea83aca9e7fcf33673406753be SHA-1: 105d9270a9dc4d6102f954daee7eef8103820778 SHA-256: 70e9e7ff3a34adb2325c0ebb3e93956009e5070383b6a9f47436a2f8f58ff09e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristics point towards a malicious link distribution pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=class+3+math+guide+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/zexejadozabapama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb430b4a7a---tadakitibomotus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zlato-invest.cz/upload/files/pumitusiresegetosaraju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ski-valloire.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lozuviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b23778f061---loxoxojotokorokaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bb57ab428---kexiselikakaxidez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dade666.com/userfiles/202107file/2021072708083170554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b251aaeb2---nixajod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8d92b4e88---simaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3ca675b68---paluparolido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03db8fc30e9508928d2d1af892f1f648/70097596623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/21874334375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ctgccjhqsh4en4l1g0hnavn5ev/gakirixulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygoaltv.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/43284666965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8266a38882---nifefagogujegawur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///32382639392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1dd20b04c---6508757002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c174ccad393---64548252800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/96443268427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92ea88676c295a0cf0378414fea1880c/76300775085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candemdientu.com/Images_upload/files/44134304990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-kutnahora.cz/gais/image/file/63379439237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozsersogutma.com/upload/files/49925841167.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_off0000dd94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD94 11276 bytes
SHA-256: 96fce6630a9d6218982a8928e72cb6dfddbd94276e4a5d14be40ca727f21ad84
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7A7 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 516776f414f395b26e11c0e69a9f4b244f7beeb3636489409cd865251a547fdf
font_02_sfnt_off000124e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1