Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70ee84ef71b369d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-29 14:28:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 82439870c48a8d71b29820ddd3fa3f5a SHA-1: 45c816121f4c3ee9d6a4a1b28635771d5c99b6c7 SHA-256: 70ee84ef71b369d106fba302c0df807f63247a1df7c41d2c9942035e3b102db1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ff7de50af8908001fa742b95e03bd53/12618028647.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/fuwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a548b1b75e7a87819712885311da4e4e/52727742289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eb981c7da083594e5bc055ed949ed3c/67787351210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sprn3tn6fsvojpqi4skcnqrjv6/baruvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5d42a0266---61842805897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1f34b000a---dodetamurosomikuvegajiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/24638816038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77128687932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whs1979.net/clients/65916/File/gixogetakid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairview66.org/clients/866114/File/marimokogokogesuref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/gafonakexope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambient-interier.cz/files/files/bolegixumevugotitiwegodoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kancelaria-perfect.pl/app/webroot/media/files/60120804663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834dc646217---52527987697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/kopilodiwuxesibetufapes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v3ft51da36qbmhkd3ussj3dtm0/nodotatorulijonujukapimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodomacnosti.net/data/file/folopagaxuwabura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cioccolatogallucci.it/userfiles/file/33733129189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dexgerm.com/data/file/userfiles/files/tikinar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m07pnfgkso87d2sh5gpvqb50vc/fexetujirilexisegukabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/27647550144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/49098421721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/62731413387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+fake+pregnancy+test+with+soapPDF 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_off0000fa83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA83 16936 bytes
SHA-256: 363ffb141d8b3552b588679ddf81b39ca81cef55728468ef4f64cda752e2ca9c
font_01_sfnt_off00012600.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12600 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013e17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E17 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 7e07b40acaa14fd40b4cc5c9fd4ffd256c1adcee77d3c8e16122d7ae635f7632