Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70ea963cc9197840…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-13 21:19:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f83219e67190b016845e3740b45d5144 SHA-1: effcc7d3404c41cb787966fdb3ffe76b56d0aa5b SHA-256: 70ea963cc9197840fae5e96f2ca8f633f19f406c8dfe35d6c331004be751be0b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=geometry+dash+bot+android
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1917d9c203---81579964877.pdf
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///27232218049.pdf
    • http://argol-editions.fr/userfiles/file/62694133723.pdf
    • http://globaltruthmediagroup.com/clients/a/aa/aa8380eac451876ae6ab993bf3a720d6/File/17242794068.pdf
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/dopavajexevu.pdf
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad65b6b719d---26573108861.pdf
    • https://aristi-trap.com/upload/users/files/60816869771.pdf
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b97110c34483561af055148b2530573/84054669082.pdf
    • http://bigandtallking.com/userfiles/file/wogemaxesekubedisogipaje.pdf
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2efd3f6bb5715d4d1ad0d9a4b2621a08/vinuju.pdf
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/jisonovipagukuwele.pdf
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fd8614ec8---96770162243.pdf
    • https://dhcom.vn/userfiles/file/64177799132.pdf
    • https://widepolymers.com/userfiles/file/sojipafogalalagedefigab.pdf
    • https://brigitte-farner.ch/userfiles/files/fizokeferiredojigixir.pdf
    • https://makiriaszto.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30508688355.pdf
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55a756fbda6ccb6b0eb0aed236e57b4f/tiwukojekuzidowusevasupon.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700672ca374---metomuronuki.pdf
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/897fa048a6db2f840677849826bfd09c/36264751740.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8320e8b27b9e2daf9fb69dec687f74d9/35919580626.pdf
    • http://zpkprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81882596581.pdf
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mpq4rn16an466l00n4ul1ao90a/bumulolonazelimudofi.pdf
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/95446053993.pdf
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55912c88af2035f8881635f509ce1e05/25463373121.pdf
    • https://nutrishop.in/ci/userfiles/files/87179974351.pdf
    • 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_off0000e859.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE859 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001006b.bin
ce3f3364704fb3a964d86c58bdea92209ceec9503633492ac17a790db412f532
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1006B 21756 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013694.bin
ade1b867b81c02a13f5ffd6b2df6508a70341f12919b02f1b7575727ccbdca23
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13694 10760 bytes