Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c70c43096205be4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:35:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 96a224d22a15388467ff53a57e7c7dee SHA-1: 44372202f691d8a7ed91874160f1b3b086b59ea8 SHA-256: c70c43096205be4ebf9da964c1427d0a53c80b1de4cffdb44f5fed34ed734b57
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised websites hosting other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

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.
  • 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://sahodayabbsr.com/test/fckeditor/file/22022919280.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sanarina-coaching.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/620989984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ruchya.com.tw/upload/files/sorixiralejarabolovomamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kebecelectrique.com/upload/editor/file/44749924984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ff9ceaf6c---16673069003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchperissinotto.eu/userfiles/files/33832067697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1960.com/clients/1/17/17c242f0968dc4bce059666b43fbd075/File/pokarimel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094087090f64---zowipugodiwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nc7j5oqorqj8v1tcg2k5volvb7/71866469254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/nosulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eravukappalpalli.com/userfiles/file/67188102523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5cea94d46---80508456682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://md-servicios.com/userfiles/file/74107190878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddaengshop.com/ckupload/files/dixofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najarshi.com/basefile/najarshicom/files/30321828181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermcom.cz/userfiles/file/xuwibekunaneliforikak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovad-ltd.com/userfiles/file/40760065780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117956a6d63e---84495691834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8a327d1ffbe1f62a8ce47d950fff900/zuxabufebojir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhcongtechtra.com/upload/files/40778977924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bb4d48ad9b1bd7590fb887327a1d3f5/13949244942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottuk-e.org/userData/board/file/21686917470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/jebidew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxqcgs.net/filespath/files/20210825205926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verypool.cn/images/upload/File/60498196281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f9007d645---87847866381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=actaris+electricity+meter+manualPDF 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_off0000dd49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD49 18748 bytes
SHA-256: 15a2861744d2c5f9e82bc9d8d6124cbb4717e3055e87da170a183e362aa94bfe
font_01_sfnt_off00010e2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012644.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12644 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 1a6d3c8d1c3fa9c0e01af0f97736ef885e63ecd7a76cb3ba01bbd7e2bbba23cd