Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70f2f3404b13969f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-08-15 04:57:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c398b084369672667bb380f1b1ee4b33 SHA-1: b3b48e776df722deecc0ea1e18a50c3d60dc1eb0 SHA-256: 70f2f3404b13969f0dda8f6cb8ee09da88452fad92c2e7f0b6b9df30d78487dd
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with multiple heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Several embedded URLs point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The PDF structure itself does not contain readable content, but the presence of numerous external links is the primary indicator of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://ottopianos.nl/files/delajumurosanizepukudi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mclarenquartz.in/ci/userfiles/files/35922522809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8bedad5d69---42973254320.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/jixinejir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/kafokagikim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c3f083a3e---gosopukok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-reefer-tournament.be/argt/files/93933909945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/zumitafizomuwenesika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakedua.com/contents//files/forebulana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8636b23bb6ab54bbe26fdef2a7e0caac/lipepagisuzaxokuwelod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.schule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/favojiwogujiwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnmindia.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/68990154102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8bfa405fea---detij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb12a737944---85821889216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bippex.com/filespath/files/20210806002443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/xolutuwozojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universitecentrale.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/90690774763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3emn096k23th18abe6f3e35r6/kulokakulokemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andersonlawdecorah.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/2117575959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungryalex.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5709a6c9d5fcbaa71e18c3348cb51410/38527887897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/26009087972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/49054732100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=coment%C3%A1rio+expositivo+mateus+hernandes+dias+lopes+pdfPDF 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_off0000e769.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE769 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF80 11240 bytes
SHA-256: 28d6b4b4d37e9a0a0fea77f91c08be874340875335a097698be5b264389ff43f
font_02_sfnt_off00011950.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11950 18864 bytes
SHA-256: 00a33048ab0451b86b288b5713eb05a5bf409d0e9dea62ed8df00637f85f0985