Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e79cc8ebf416fa6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-15 18:13:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 50a31e8bb849880f3f511818f3d3e7ce SHA-1: e296c15429ddc7b1fb4710700ca83408b8c973ea SHA-256: 5e79cc8ebf416fa6a50ff1df49cc4ef67ea3891aa083ea4ca49553e4c8078407
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO poisoning by redirecting users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these redirects or further obfuscate the malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chemical+properties+of+ionic+and+covalent+compounds PDF link annotation
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79de62494a---51881486276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79e5e3c1c8---tajaxinudalidatat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nw-line.ru/generic/uploaded/gugiwosatidanamegiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eb455e7a43ef9ef457939171368da3b/65440377209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruitvita.com/files/files/bovizupamopovitafaroso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiangsutravel.kr/userfiles/files/20210605_050039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetbrashersclavoghisu.eu/userfiles/files/bovibamipibavikerukabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/mawazemiwowikixidej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32570706358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotstamping.pl/files/file/lafuruwabirawixasozenefij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gdil0jj2kunmnjv263gg1vqao2/jikomosevekozukaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/dojasadexesapuxabaxadumut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://menloathertonhigh1980.com/clients/6/6f/6f83464fe0b13873896cace574d4baa5/File/sefijajijobofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/071e72c932341b914d3d3f8f8007f86b/budulaludakuxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/77205601419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c2a1060c6770097e2de727fd55fe862/93835824318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fda3ed71e0---43905925379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/914673664a9e81270cc06174cdf7ec7b/jaderekavominivipuwol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e56f1457919---pazasojetuxorifuwidarexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aa3dd1697156c42d93209cb651fcc63/zisigudufoxepulejofuliju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a318f519d7e---83997722718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ba4e6527f---83634778664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakwanudang.com/contents//files/60589176784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.info/contents//files/74424647994.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_off0000e9c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101D7 16668 bytes
SHA-256: 6a330602af8e8cc0d791b4a05fddad9bb6564438cb7f045a3c3a3cdd9d8447c4
font_02_sfnt_off00012d48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D48 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 762f98b5071936597dafe80b7c4bad24bf4497608b08d3f3d8dcae604c6dd6ba