Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a70f5d2e143f7edd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-18 13:27:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6bd0774897484126f3c76c4bfe1c62ae SHA-1: 2ff5d28ee11335f2f444f9d44664cecd0ace7167 SHA-256: a70f5d2e143f7eddb7dc21c103b92b2e6bc5abd41d3b703121278fb49ae61eab
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to distributing further malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b898e5021b2---lumelivajomifuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b63b0d1d2a4---41190936460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/83386426543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ea006f4d977a35a9dd6c04a772493ee/bezazutiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5447b8e6787ea9e8a619f246f9f305fc/21837781055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wych123.com/upload/files/21503814080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a944e006a81---29467108727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a847dbb3897---voweluvuxesuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cce4682dcb4941fa0d11dc0857a9c67e/wabarerifiwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c888f572f02---96650052801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdd245ecaef1d11aeeb2af7b57fdcec7/69520062434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandcougars83.com/clients/2/26/268573c5102cd00412bac87cee9346ec/File/kejuvufoteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e192753d85---57128819114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c187275832d---boragovoveropojavew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbiytedaibao.com/media/files/vunokoxiwekojoremasetepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/89931301787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ke6v0096ktp0uenrb0bmqbsk6/48716163378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banlinhkienlaptop.com/userfiles/file/23423343641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d45939667ae---tojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/sapifobama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjamsul-hidajat.id/ck_uploads/uploads/files/rupamuvafif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=top+playboy+models+of+all+timePDF 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_off0000e6d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6D5 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 0a2998349aac6bf7868dc75ccf5d3fedde8d97edf03056ff06b2e7e915a9375d
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF20 17272 bytes
SHA-256: 308371408b11575d54234591ee9d0ffd8302d419dd35284b2fd94e68bdb033cd
font_02_sfnt_off00012be5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1