Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 179289da6ca78d8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.2 KB Created: 2021-08-09 04:32:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d386d34b2b88b3764f7bd686d0557fc6 SHA-1: 5f5e0125c493d6eba1a72c66874252a65d744989 SHA-256: 179289da6ca78d8b52da7fe31eb87c1565ab50d527a941ac4d2ad17326daf363
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with the ML classifier and ClamAV detection, strongly indicates malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5kikr3d44ujbv6akvjuacj5sr/vobopojumivinoneso.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/88386629684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duvanco.be/docs/files/89065831128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i112l9bb33asjp3ng72beal7th/jodujigefemipirutij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangvetthuong.com/luutru/files/83564799388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab3d95f956---6981287089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icmasistemas.com/userfiles/files/46740583961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gb5t77cfoh39le2hfhepbdivr/jadubela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profix.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xudezorimebenazoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parcfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b3/b3ae52aef0329bb57e848b27182677c8/File/5647417383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerocuki.hu/user/file/83956442028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210728025118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdploqq95rnihnmo7q5gesbso6/24754583348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca4e45d383---tunizevukama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28030bed1b33784c93011106fd572c3c/76407825202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/susadoxixopexodezelan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vfp2orrk1c5cso2q4k80dpgsq3/fuwases.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/21714845206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/sabudifetuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b116nc4q4vmr8j85jp42au4dr/66479186870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/915ce58c917180f4f9aa081d456dda2d/beputemob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/26759302260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f26e6b8596---59850881929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/judifexolemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b80709efe016a886f7088b9ad05e873f/nurofemuliwugexuwozisun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+libro+el+esclavo+anand+dilvar+pdf+gratisPDF 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_off000140e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140E7 18880 bytes
SHA-256: 975558feb23144cff38b33b350334b764becf2e11d48e08b59f240b1f8626534
font_01_sfnt_off00017101.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17101 11000 bytes
SHA-256: 6a4d66141d515914acf796ff40c5ebb0267ef5bd3462bb4359b6148fdc4506a5
font_02_sfnt_off00018a52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18A52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1