Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d07710bfc1ee7ae2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 04:49:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1626dc4498f566b489439da24240c2e9 SHA-1: ce570b036f81e7822e932e6fb9c4bbc42a4e3a98 SHA-256: d07710bfc1ee7ae2ddc4ab7b8d2d9ecba38d960f814f210ea5a29d67338924b3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://klhl.com/userfiles/file/15461721669.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonanbinh.com/userfiles/file/43922096947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6675ef736e77b35d74102ac492a3526c/73728948283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rent-lease-no1.com/userfiles/file/20210904123036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polaryachts.com/res/wysiwyg/file/wijovaranusulutedalolak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134634892692---runamobom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb052e2bc9---xevijubopixakifefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34111030641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digjamaica.com/app/webroot/files/buwuxuwifukonazugikamug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiga.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bigipovolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar-toys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nagigokuzisebixuzitewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapneasytrafficschool.com/CheapNEasyTrafficSchool/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/vanaguvebivejisugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szamosiszerviz.hu/feltoltott/files/51068865323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a2f0e26f8---gubuzidewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaia-onlus.org/userfiles/file/vuvogeponinetefuvuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wajl.net/img/file/20219411255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamjagolla.com/uploads/files/60566391387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfi-registration.amyhalter.com/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/62496716720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136772e10788---gojugajorebuxifopel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/45611110766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324133ee86f---57161206339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353ad1a4693---57651138525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oolong-dining-co.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/62918548397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=sms+blacklist+androidPDF 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_off0000d074.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD074 21524 bytes
SHA-256: 7e22094d73247d2101bcf4031407903e3283d5e3229b9ed691f3e1cfb34da40b
font_01_sfnt_off0001081e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1081E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012035.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12035 10708 bytes
SHA-256: c71a535a5c786e2985f4c7ce436f142defa85095d4d1df0c5ee3c17f88933c4a