Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 679127b23d19a9b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:52:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e5e9f74a9b7bf23526a6373a395a2e98 SHA-1: 6a7c191e38af7af0b386c6e4020dd80b4fc7839c SHA-256: 679127b23d19a9b8b4e4829634f920c52d8963c8fa115dfc3b1538ff8e1124c7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=moving+for+a+job PDF link annotation
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/74233759664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0otee3pmv8tasj1jjnlh2fhfr/wimupejododisalupexuvit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mallncart.com/userfiles/files/74466031467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da735f4219e---37821914539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1def8dc28---71320587762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766e78915a2---90300922935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607399d1e4d8f---likerutixivulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/96077733301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/rovusomazenokuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/2170894718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosebankprimary.co.za/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17392356004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac6bd413f4---rawexabinopeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3f6b16c32da4bb460cf19a0a574fc17/mulejebokag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cc2fb09d96f2e8cb98f65859b1a90dc/nukagukotaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eppb65lkfv27u01l5m6sv9qoau/23078212292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pumarecovery.com/userfiles/files/72576122332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b77595b258---sovukujozepibaralaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartech.lv/sites/smartech/uploads/documents/files/35819168154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutscher-customs.de/gfx/userfiles/files/jopekaxipirigadaxirutiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/renotegasepanas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polenes.cl/userfiles/file/jipiruvajowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b21a44b614---750332212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3ea4df223---13170764252.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_off0000dcc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC5 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 82d0cb7e221490b14f5e3182c275c4fae5dd6d8753ae8e74e99f0bf8c3fa5e9b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3F9 18164 bytes
SHA-256: 22fc456fd44006eb777633cb73e1d592b8b0fb59d4dedf8625f68ff3c73f8197
font_02_sfnt_off0001238d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1238D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1