Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70ebe2abbdb69f5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-07 06:38:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: fa35706a3d450cd38ddb4c611e701b3b SHA-1: 3a2fd5b00be9b20cd79a3918cf9495bc46ca6669 SHA-256: 70ebe2abbdb69f5d82b414aad0277ab9df88e4245b9815cad8a1c0b5fa0291eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a visual download button further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=groundnut+production+in+nigeria+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1fc4ad355c---jesirosilobajolova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba12a78d91f---75326806095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc31a773e45d469baa1d478a0d3c92ec/galokej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca33dff1fb468e8aa86c14684436668e/5818441533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d84312624b---tagitafeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcirclegroup.com/userfiles/file/juzezokopebofekologani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cad2c6244d---94914044070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/38370790933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4dae10cfd---kamedajepixebox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents//files/xedavalikenutogawagaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/83263353168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee81c46d23ce714e1419c3864b014e36/niwezisigipubolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f46334313bd1f93aef424f3af08294bb/gawigotale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed043b4eda---53543705488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61578b2604b9e8281dfdfc9fff3c0342/tokedepijuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b740fb466ba---salolutito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32ef48c90bd66b420b93fb2136b52e97/58888570036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/dudit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/34507924058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/jikulaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/zurebenuwugam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d95ba3f9d0---41225938845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tuhs0kof3o5obbc3h1qna6fs27/vupitejemutel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://policylic.com/uploads/files/wujenade.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_off0000ef5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF5D 17172 bytes
SHA-256: a2d65c637821dcf0be3bda91c61e26329e526add50bd2e15476d6ca1709a11b7
font_01_sfnt_off00011c4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C4A 10720 bytes
SHA-256: d32280ca6091fdf19471e7299e079df6c99e9cc327b8fe01cef6daefc99df596
font_02_sfnt_off000134d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1