Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b79af3d3be51182…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:35:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 43db0ca6a6a8105b8fcf06f61c927f87 SHA-1: 8e807cf199262a90ebcbe999cb03929547b3b4ae SHA-256: 1b79af3d3be5118271153f5d07074ac73f6df449e0501d57b7f324778a8e5b15
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ron+kenoly+sing+out PDF link annotation
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/92177204499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bb0047fa5---pevenixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b15e22fccce2523b4197ca989e8b4d8e/rukudabezetofuzalovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876c9f600dc---35411910582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b96983b8b4482065a96c4151512d73d/67422045604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kernenshepler.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vivawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/727499632608d6b74927e9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db1bd27361---90067011040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://win-sonic.com/kida2018/ck_imgs/files/sorokenebolobipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92fc3d5bb868fd91233f7e2ecb5b3d44/gejezotizivudilof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dagmarsvendova.cz/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/telesebokijuvenolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckpak.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/jabavejibikoxofetagon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wumag.pl/userfiles/file/76889811792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/12396613608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dea32bba18---17020900876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/wesenije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minutemen-jrotc.com/clients/84940/File/jiwazutosodijuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094347a1d2e2---jiwinawelafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16070d07b7a199---59915572175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/murubunajula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092cd97131f3---kowoxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0fd17f5195acb9877ab773a6012b946/rozefitaxuvar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoj0agf7cq.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/65739375965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.palmettoexpresslanes.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/musagomiditikamag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95828e04f1f1e28eebf122ff8426fda7/75733658054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/14344627246.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_off0000d5dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5DD 18084 bytes
SHA-256: 716ac90cc72eb4db381719e71c62f6e345d930fb9cc3309555e8fbb1bd93a19a
font_01_sfnt_off0001041c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1041C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C33 10372 bytes
SHA-256: 15efb993f68e2910388189dee96696f4713fb9e0270b2176672ba32cea23e5f9