Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b70bf13da392da57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.3 KB Created: 2021-07-13 17:51:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d15eecf62144f4bc74c1bc14adbd79ff SHA-1: 4d03740324c08548919ed804feaeb1d9d7b4041e SHA-256: b70bf13da392da579c3ac01247992f66b95084d8dc8e8ce5695aef5c1c97a38b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many pointing to domains that appear to be compromised or disposable, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zodiburekuja.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609681df72869---gomifirabavaweweretexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1a249d812---rogamefuzejipuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/addf20eca54451ed74fc1d60b8a527ae/xelujozexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/70219207053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bee26aaa8b---92238665438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c69406e4a9---96443282975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/954p7d44knv3vp3kat9sbckng2/68038149268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecd1f70faac3bb0bff845ca350208231/butosixovil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/buluguteripudala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efe6992c5e7ff046a04ad8526c50c66d/budun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qo5p4b31qp2u2ako9v988e55k/netadase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad4708e6dab---roruzofeliko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/pigixefeziwofabope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46qc8f0idloiqome4tmnojfto4/lenuvuxuxabarasovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0dc66b06e4---rurukobemobazotola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cbee1869223ca4e101470adecd713c1/82984661973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739ccbcb904---2303342407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j309ekd58cu3sasa8qk8t27miu/davumon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d29ff8b0675c229dddd18efa03fdedf9/pepopiruliridelugaren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/userfiles/file/feludu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peusch.lu/userfiles/files/derumipumiwomunolemisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychologkmalinowska.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7445235191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/kedugaxowifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=the+neuroscience+perspective+in+psychologyPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ff6d54764---83732887257.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_off00011554.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11554 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 6d1fbe4218ba2438b4ed1e4444094cb60d91fca962c2d12a7a4df5b2ce32d4d0
font_01_sfnt_off00012e00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E00 17680 bytes
SHA-256: 83134a0286851a0a62398f4cd39e136d8d6c1a3337dead7b7251efe3f069916d
font_02_sfnt_off00015b91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1