Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d79e7fed96174dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:12:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0123b43ee18641a8cf9f7370deb97cc2 SHA-1: 7935074a9e219008159b9fc4dff0096692d9092a SHA-256: 1d79e7fed96174dd2d43ccfd00feccf688a8299b164fe4859c777e81c2b41215
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a ML classifier and ClamAV. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of urgency language further supports a phishing or scamming intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160979d86d628f---wilaxezi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eurotechcorp.vn/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/93046294181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lev-steklo.ru/userfiles/file/givenedakuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130940c721b2---30024627575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/rixakazezujeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitecoreromania.ro/files/file/17327273348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b769f21c23fe17552a8e2eee3f79081/pevumawedisuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/dobevanepumajivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bafedd27b---97661879993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8261a6b009---lewanakikova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/md29v740s72d0f6sca9if3h72j/kelukuwizexofojulonano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/nabodozigukot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8fa4017d21---6332728532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/94311366955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profm.hu/files/file/riwikotodewof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50b62b8f5eb36008c3d3bf38d4d746a1/fisuzeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/55682824904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b69c6b5aebb---38493839672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be9665e679d33878e5d0e98f80957b15/wejapit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phantasos.org/userfiles/file/nulafowob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/katajobavub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novinfasteners.com/userfiles/file/gonofifokavagokedavezufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szud94.hu/img/sajatfile/files/83379717284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/687a8e990b90026ea84dd0a8582bc63b/guzejoxuvajad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=rabbit+diseases+and+treatment+pdf+in+tamilPDF 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_off0000f366.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF366 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B78 17584 bytes
SHA-256: 643b04e7b798bfb6940b77424831f22e243c44baa79c8ec77a07c6cec9cc4725
font_02_sfnt_off000138aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138AA 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 94d32943453656d59b6121d8af73258f6e80935387dda5357ae64c0a9e0f0e38