Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 970b734f2f6f4821…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:59:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 569424c80d094aeee24d565baff64927 SHA-1: 0128a10ec1a13f2fd721d31ecc7ceedcbdd3b9e6 SHA-256: 970b734f2f6f4821623f60d6b8226505f94df7d01e342dcb5edf836ddda54a9e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, forming a link farm. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/gujolugavonupusobobesinal.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://labcoop-jsc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/log8hspdi674sto3tq3vlmbh0a/mefalimedez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2507288738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://security-m.jp/tool/images/file/91903768530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/113c9799bf21c7febf79f238bcad4fc3/84830333899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/mufusinajawodegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/41705938452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b25d18f9824e6727dc7fa4f7dbefce1d/pujonokapusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210608/file/16231478153910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oletrans.sk/editor_uploads/files/mavabubejoxivurawafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-odincovo.ru/upload_picture/file/kodozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607660a43b193---waretiwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.educazionesessuale-scuola.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82262285701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0deabd0db076c2f5ac911466d6e51cd/69883723590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801bbf45fe7---jikarawinagazurot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nctpa.biz/clients/5/51/51e593b678cc4707ea5ff7b662bcbdb9/File/65317277630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwarbitrator.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/81010211607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03935250fd---dalariwibixifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/86064228746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b27ac88f46924aaaa84c4bbb381962a0/tovomufokifov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunglivet.com/uploads/files/202108271346579798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nw-line.ru/generic/uploaded/8548253156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signika.pl/Upload/file/kejipevulimov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=traffic+signs+manual+ireland+chapter+5PDF 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_off0001075c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1075C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011f6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F6E 18704 bytes
SHA-256: df5b9f950b96a5eb275dc78ae3a7b4173d72a6e60dd5c8ab4bd45255c55b6384
font_02_sfnt_off00015053.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15053 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 8990de7c1e300449c77cabd05fcf30d69d23a1d76e8ff8f6fd6bf83dd1c75995