Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b70b72564fdf955b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.6 KB Created: 2021-07-07 12:07:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 45f7c0ddd35150c1b505d59b4b652c70 SHA-1: 432507020529e4ff32c0bc09b97871b6b2b0d763 SHA-256: b70b72564fdf955b612b7baa39cd65d8b4b8736b25626c6deb0cfc9dc425eb48
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and link farms pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites via a spearphishing attachment. No scripts were extracted, but the structure itself is the attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9780

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rime+of+the+frostmaiden+drizzt PDF link annotation
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607628eae4a1c---51085802220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986b9082932---donasuzotusepij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolonauticofavignana.it/userfiles/files/97923110404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073052549ed7---36867169667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4047351505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb69c67e9c8---noxuloxewuvusaretefamujir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockhouseschool.com/rockhouse/uploads/files/94166505943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/dimagatewidakanasajum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9f4166f4a---33970550057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/95261303184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e63qt0bpn4anedbu52npsi5h07/62580774351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/99140853786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implant-drill.com/userfiles/file/88231698595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/81678291198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b7g6b7k6um4nvg1v0muaqada3/90967315346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/75622256963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cd02d605d648eb391686fbfeddbd1a5/nuxewewinipefasese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4d24408175---roxetemen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gloriouz.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/metemosowigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoaiduc.com/uploads/files/likisevemon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afcf593fd85---kujaredowetiwekemotaton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cdf9d64e25---bonowefekivilejameb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bennyhigh73.com/clients/3/33/33ce00c6a031cf3b17a3dcf69aaa7594/File/536288446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a5cd58f4a---3160583437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dg04rqjeb5pmrtqgfhv5sa3r17/vapulikunamutesijafuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/jipemepozovowasene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e9da8a381---32675206921.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_off0001419a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1419A 10680 bytes
SHA-256: ec09743e47b5f8f75d994e47d92986d6d3271223b7e4c01e921cc346d3ff238a
font_01_sfnt_off000159f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017203.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17203 17332 bytes
SHA-256: ff40769fef02fe3a1c3d40f1394a8b0f797d3b7bed9381a98c93f45db557e0d6