Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70ecfa8a7816514a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-03 22:58:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 3cea622a5fe532b299c93df65ab243ac SHA-1: 15ff03e844270d8f6509a80021d6f5c705d63a79 SHA-256: 70ecfa8a7816514ac6fb9561c9ad771b06800831836c5ff8673c216f1f426a53
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading a malicious file. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous external links and the PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristic suggest a phishing or downloader attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k4o7v7a31n7iceeq61jhccbfk3/kurogulifitubizigubaja.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/79321820046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxsasa.org/images_fck/file/1627287304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11e6bc046a---wirufuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gamylai.vn/uploads/files/nefoxaboxezumedigek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/liwizatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/nitoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fcd222528c---95282294000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc894de79063fa4b8bd2d08acf46ef40/15999289538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://summit-christian-academy.org/scauserfiles/files/30223209397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustycctv.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lutivaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voxel-avocats.fr/uploads/file/80742734747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/63448095739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skatrip.com/basefile/skatripcom/files/75600557838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fcb8c3498d081488e156e2f068594d8/wumemoponekefewudumuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7829d21b2f---59908245265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897ebea6661---dejudasoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b00921318---lirir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jewfri.kr/files/image/files/xuvagofakebodow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://challendor.com/fckeditor/upload/file/56618255144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdlpartnerss.com/userfiles/file/managinagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b27057c3f75---15205059291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gabinetpro.pl/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/poxuxuralapipapebuvujab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://61kidsclub.com/userfiles/file/51266838407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=construction+checklist+template+excelPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f102.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF102 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10919 10964 bytes
SHA-256: f4739e5157bb4595614b1451bde3d49030152d9d5d7d24f74e9654298de5503f
font_02_sfnt_off00012268.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12268 16992 bytes
SHA-256: 51cf39a6747dfd83f02e3a491bfb141578d6cc5bad6300bd681f7c28ed95ca63