Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d70752ae8b934b7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-08-08 03:58:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 56d9283dd0dafc74523992afb6864134 SHA-1: 75915d54dca0cd5fe2986b61d6cedaa71de60e31 SHA-256: d70752ae8b934b7a17b6bfdeb786a59c2131d91b646391f908e867e545e0ecb0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=toefl+practice+test+pdf+2019 PDF link annotation
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/023be6a4a935698dde7e15707f6be4a6/makejadibalatosavozafez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f43e4e4c3a7ede6f6f71b96c2ed99892/makaxokajufapulav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.org/uploads/files/sevitibelapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/mekoxusejugutuvego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21aab213d0226561c7ed614f04d8b593/xawiwelomupetaluxovaxoral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eafcd3793e---24842456807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec8a11b8fb8a04218a4704b81b22f3d0/fasoniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pl24fgutn7v6cr4qmvprqvihb3/zonubivagiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/sefuxafudinawutoxikove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcvperu.org/data/fcvperu/userfiles/file/19785254837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superpart.com/files/datiregaziwapanitunud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160934996984b3---komokodogepofewadabizelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075811bed718---21895599790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clearpatth.com/userfiles/file/41801968928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/415dd381f1eeda4f9ba21b0916462ff8/fufikogojuvofirejubegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz/uploads/furibababavapof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensegun2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/diligasapadewiwasetotarob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/767dd36bdd13ef2840ab30d1b801db6a/53293380890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4sr2vaj3b0qh94o7m6mucjud5/ranurozotam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f9c2640010503c6a897cabfb02aca13/60490496732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/kuremoludetugoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a1873eca8a278de9229857b2ff6f261/kisokotidew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa70ba0c30---67645246861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ef693d5757318a98c5749a07d3a1455/98266333069.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_off0000ea35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA35 10932 bytes
SHA-256: ab68ad6261d6ed03c162eeea976a5017ee0003de324563abfa6cd86f4c2977ed
font_01_sfnt_off000103bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103BF 17432 bytes
SHA-256: 0c49431c6a581bba2309f1808938e2cb1146954af1ae99e37b919b8745649acb
font_02_sfnt_off00013100.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13100 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1