Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70f8dfabf08488d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-10 11:00:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2460a1f685d16bda7c928167f6bdfd64 SHA-1: e84a7f0292b64c95b33ea8e195c0743baeb666eb SHA-256: 70f8dfabf08488d9b624c7dcbaf4dc120d9572d73a884c3ed296da3f21eac604
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that function as a link farm, directing users to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics points towards an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=meli+videos+apk
    • http://lotusromeo.fr/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/tujofusirajag.pdf
    • http://nwatchonline.net/userfiles/file/60732221472.pdf
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134077a7396e---65488552786.pdf
    • http://kajo-frings.de/userfiles/file/saruzorutubisugu.pdf
    • https://gym-rectif.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaxapogojifufuxupegid.pdf
    • http://sowa-architekci.pl/userfiles/files/digelipuvuxudujisebidatab.pdf
    • https://granitabrasive.com/editor_up/65280489040.pdf
    • http://2222.netsociality.com/upload/files/7037220796.pdf
    • http://agecarekorea.com/ckupload/files/serefutavumasiramowi.pdf
    • http://pinturasoltra.com/images/slider/files/mazazufalowe.pdf
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5k82hvop4cbqn36j1joi97vgf4/26712995574.pdf
    • http://greenglobepms.com/uploads/27935222398.pdf
    • http://pzhjintai.com/upload/files/dudejobuwiwebisozi.pdf
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/713f868f88f925b773fc9a69cb5ee8ef/tinodiwodajevofanidota.pdf
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a32ae1b7f---nedabex.pdf
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136383fe1f9b---gasumezulovoriwukuserip.pdf
    • https://ksi-system.pl/editorfiles/file/pivogumetegesolawem.pdf
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdc04513923d85dd359d20c63f5b0ad8/3931822306.pdf
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021090405525980554.pdf
    • http://yogaschoolofkerala.com/photos/editor/files/54462965891.pdf
    • http://zhongguohuachun.com/d/files/zisexigelimijiro.pdf
    • https://hatinhjobs.com/upload/files/83713395901.pdf
    • https://balticstroy.com/uploads/files/57806077936.pdf
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/xazesadatagesijamasuse.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_off0000c28d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC28D 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000daa4.bin
42b2b080e9b030b4a2fe1475cdc967e262c023846e9680c40df1c6ebaff74ad1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA4 10232 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1c3.bin
045ccf5238cc634e768420f056f3942f4882ce785cff0b27eb48cb693577c8c3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C3 16456 bytes