Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7970ccf2298b4180…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:23:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bd03076d2097cdbdad0336c6f627540c SHA-1: e12ef806ac58c725dda5270e37a221c12de40829 SHA-256: 7970ccf2298b4180e8404cb0e822311de90f8f57718e44b3325e1c1af4568efe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The embedded URLs and the PDF structure indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised websites. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=basic+concepts+of+electrical+and+electronics+engineering+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ourpreferred.com/userfiles/files/40367289770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609300e673e95---53831725012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphammonly.com/luutru/files/gikamuvowewironewolan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvolodin.ru/upload/file/30424530775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0965818789.com/CKEdit/upload/files/xifobuxaralerepejijipubab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/tuzisixolewuvawuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/vewotizabasipunutajurer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapluonech.com/upload/files/jubamenavuwadurekufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769f694b45b---kegigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duhocblueocean.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/meletiduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e295927dd---sijurevujajosez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltssinternational.com/res/wysiwyg/file/8892307770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ea9e8d2fa9535d43e2a8652320fe5e7/85527537272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a123ed72515---gonuwawixexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tezerwatch.com/file/upload/files/06-18-21-53-07-89.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/019147141ec32998f74f7289c24354e9/nizazafirazok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/xivaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytbozhuo.com/upload/file/300704364904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanwanderer.com/himalayan/userfiles/files/91887668447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86c446a32c---ravejivowus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b05d1628f653dcfe66ad72ac55661af/88038789081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seventyfirstclassof69.com/clients/60772/File/56181970911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqmegjvp660ovlsju2pgekqc65/nugitojakawiwogevebirab.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_off0000df0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF0F 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 88bd34c770fc5400155b07d8ae0381650f755caede7658bc3d4871ec6b96d249
font_01_sfnt_off0000f805.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF805 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 98d13c3385e537abdfca63f1fae68cfb333306ece454fcc239818a99cbebad0a
font_02_sfnt_off0001254d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1254D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1