Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c70a60649b678d2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:57:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b708c562e4d804ea30fd5b4499261963 SHA-1: fe78592dbbd23020f6210101ba0c2a2d1958e2bf SHA-256: c70a60649b678d2b35d613822b9aafad4053163b0e42d2a563a540d66f2fed53
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the file is designed to act as a link farm, directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=welbilt+bread+machine+recipes+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aacd4bc6bd8---ruzowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/98021445257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/20041020279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/makuruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/pefulalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coatielectronica.com/files/selutafinodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faabba9ee95662ab1684a18e1eb1fdc9/ruveroko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/30752460563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kiditekida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5lovestartw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/limajiviwofomevap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wibubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myveolife.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/694424fb28dc35775958d3c427c4a325/1879088359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.irrv.org/uploads/files/10586694489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a902668dbec3e86d96326220ac19181/ligafakapiboroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5896ffc06f03d1452805d63965900ee/kifinomimevusuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/ferigenoloruten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/22727492754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conniecorsentino.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/90333313405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/puwuzedob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844dd4c2833---vubirugadenezije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d639e53f4f0---regijudejupenuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamedunyasi.com/calisma2/files/uploads/72079877037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tznjl.com/userfiles/files/92426382326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilturismoinitalia.it/userfiles/files/29331779729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdaudit.ro/userfiles/file/85109241017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgmorenanews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22326218048.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_off0000d788.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD788 16428 bytes
SHA-256: 0deb2046c1ec7499269e1f565cc965018f1973f47654f407e70bf898877f4a12
font_01_sfnt_off00010197.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10197 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000119ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119AE 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 6ad6a399cd791913c2365a2c98430e30cc80047b1b2bfe7bffbe5f935049429d