Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7070e06939c2578…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 10:08:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 549333050d8c1aea889793cda277cc05 SHA-1: bbbbb96d0298d56ea0e5a548f151a4671047234a SHA-256: c7070e06939c257899cc01319cb69453ecd4e96074b4447baa842be2407fc1ee
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was identified as malicious by a ClamAV signature and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://hotel-la-licorne.fr/userfiles/file/80176907381.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://faulkfamilync.com/clients/c/cc/ccb94402b1eed20a0583117be0c0b506/File/tamilalujiximupewapata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc1a373bbca---94114321819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercerapparelss.com/userfiles/files/71953041285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a3ef4a579---vagarekemazifugiweke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/mazilomugujotafose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/pesedipotosusalukivapev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediaworld.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40456958870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608969394dbaf---45966417349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techbico.vn/uploads/image/files/bebelajoriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/80906791303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honda-vo.com/upload/file/81283791274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/56410221655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c551b8600d---46274316323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ac53bee12---laduxamanuxunaxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/34121005260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attep.com/home/sandbox/domains/heekee.com.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fijoxojalek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8edbc72384f0fd51346e9901ee0eaf35/fazosafoxadaxeruzasaxati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesprotia.gr/uploads/file/46941405855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2e307a156---sogufarutugonafev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0a4b1f21c---78869075962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vepibipupovotimenufewot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75d6eb89ebcf8b18ef54c0667fc83349/mopezatinekub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=computer+graphics+principles+and+practice+in+c+2nd+edition+pdfPDF 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_off00011797.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11797 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 4d88c6bbf02101d80e1c25b5cb5b3a9b009d1787e44b1cb352352cd6fd93caa5
font_01_sfnt_off0001456b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1456B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015d82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D82 11316 bytes
SHA-256: fbd8dd64e0a14cd70aabbd2daccd48ba280df109698cc82fb9e22cb6189a61eb