Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 179f4d95d8b5a820…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 00:43:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 81433238b75552b682bd839b7a13fa14 SHA-1: a093e8d84b4a45b7b072295055660f47fcde21c0 SHA-256: 179f4d95d8b5a820c2dba0beea2870b3d7719652261259bbd7a5a2b64609c00c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploits vulnerabilities, contributing to the overall malicious intent of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+1+mod+apk+subway+surfers PDF link annotation
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dd0153f18c---nazuzomesepoviju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://distant-property.ru/fck_editor_files/files/xesokulimuxilefew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210906082153119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naviway.su/upload/files/gamikedatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xedulichhaiphong.vn/images/news/files/zopasosipejokepawovuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benqmusicworkshop.com/fupload/file/63342131557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/14961828168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tahyuh.com/uploads/files/202109170535527131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.ee/media/contents/file/67815156654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f305d702850431f617a6562b9724acf6/wopazofofirezarelanirera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapaconoticias.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/noroxam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playerpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kasomurulajejirop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelcorona.ro/files/38455920753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog/file/51262669959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tevukasveza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mufetiwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amigo-shop.105h.net/upload/files/42190975140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74434cb13798c42cf8bf14d5f5184133/93116679043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgl.lu/userfiles/files/3639139928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianztc.ro/files/file/wukufima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewgroupresort.com/upload/files/84781231604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/tugawazirusanatubosorubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stmarysharipad.com/userfiles/file/48878312423.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_off0000c5d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5D1 11080 bytes
SHA-256: a6a077323df3e724228f13b3bc9881f18f348e83f448e61448d86e80b09a1bbd
font_01_sfnt_off0000df8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f79d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF79D 21168 bytes
SHA-256: 0b6ddc136eb2a37911393f6571080e84da33ae174cdad47c284d1f931e467733