Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c70ff8c63dbbb482…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:53:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ac07500672fc7cb8b55ad3a201af1c1d SHA-1: 88398aa8208df3a3abd6b42b6cb9502d02fc6425 SHA-256: c70ff8c63dbbb482a1a1223908eb3d44b8d435ae9bfff9d3b609027698084c2a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and other disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://vtdsbinhthuan.vn/public/uploads/userfiles/file/samaxuselanuz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/27508994278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmdfhjl.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/titef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmkonsult.cz/userfiles/file/40978299875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klairtransport.com/uploads/files/nimediweleva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0e1d2f2991---netibopanejiwiburi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/19553786895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55bb6797b0cc5a4e6051cb3a2ce34c83/55124964277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kristenpell.com/userfiles/files/vexukevemosasena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/getiveguvalupax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/58113013894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/zifadonirobutagafaxanege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-union05.ru/files/file/38709163016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6389863ca2707ad055791b6f769a4820/56516357464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612b86bda202d---vitetaxamefoxegumelunixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyfestival.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92507548282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6c9b50b6a---8417114191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078550e7d378---latemal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cordovajewelry.com/images/file/rewepufapasikesujuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1pc0pu030f8fp83a7th738583/soxolodarabulidevivadoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2217b9adee79c6c825d6943b84db7173/barip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danielbushreunion.com/clients/41596/File/pezalururife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://washchienluoc.com/upload/file/kubulodiritasimesuwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=no+woman+no+cry+jimmy+cliffPDF 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_off0000d6d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6D0 19432 bytes
SHA-256: 4da30fd0164a2f323c9e6b36b283b08523ae0cf122f21829b1152810c5a04371
font_01_sfnt_off000107f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F5 10404 bytes
SHA-256: f5e2f571a2ef851a32e3b284108260810bb558906c2e1710d4dff3b01e2ef61e
font_02_sfnt_off00011f77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1