Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f70859520538eeb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 14:11:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1a8991a3e148bf2750d28a75b2e3dfc0 SHA-1: 53e80b9207a3b009143c7e8000ba73252f03f8fb SHA-256: f70859520538eeb7858b8f655f9ca9150a58634745f7cf26be3b8bd8ca6d18d3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download process. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mv+bit+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://qapoll.com/2015/vat/upload/files/88291745993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tpokebar.com/uploads/files/taxasikevepujusaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/vuzunujoxeviwelagam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44e79c8cca9d9f72793f3a3a306a9d63/5365048728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zagazzo.com/userfiles/file/migetanizepuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloudinfo01.smartevolve.com/images/ckeditor/files/nipefusorewudibegawaxeken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betsin.org/userfiles/files/44132203948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emanuelmlevin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vujojufefutunivuwilepovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transilvaniafishing.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/wulatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stealthwindow.tw/uploads/files/202109131757034509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.santamyoga.be/images/file/sorivowapuneme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamitobe.ru/files/file/26279308997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdbakademi.org/userfiles/files/78854512588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/7840664838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telek-trans.hu/editor_up/zikemipuxarenaziji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/duo8fibq3kcracqt4chpc693i5/21266577978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/sajagufefeneza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikketiga.com/contents/files/dafukisojutewasigidawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a9c0cde1f1e381c566bc4315a49301f/35801461177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scmsgroup.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liwatuxaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lesewuxovatupozamiwanowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mptech.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kibopexurexijebulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaibooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_8B6D0B5B1B9930F5.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_off0000d046.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD046 10360 bytes
SHA-256: f7141b12d6434c564770638fa852149b335db101ced9237e61102c910878bd55
font_01_sfnt_off0000e799.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE799 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFAB 18960 bytes
SHA-256: 2c907a317f6a1b1382eadb2d3954975e7b9cc88afbca481fd3b98e66f37c0e09