Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 679ca32ebe41feb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 23:25:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0a0c9374ae80bcbd72fd33b8862ea513 SHA-1: 893337c833d5d3ce17eccc4a6cd05d9ecb55d090 SHA-256: 679ca32ebe41feb8e28fb02349332d8aa69a81c6f558c584371f7c3a81b879f0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or link farms, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the download or redirection to malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=libro+traumatologia+y+ortopedia+pdf+descargar+gratis PDF link annotation
    • http://cesmclassof68cheyennewy.com/clients/82478/File/82681364747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/91496356139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brune-schmuckwerk.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18531041001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/86142168233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northcoteplaza.com/userfiles/file/35256953868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawks79.com/clients/85064/File/8905364314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83270856028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fincasotilloviejo.es/files/sotillo/_repo/file/49049917793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d02e8e56e8---71828121665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mijl086o8j4ufcmgsbcjeovak1/menasagebenonutisuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ec119f0c19---55016764089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/UserFiles/files/66015565397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suspensionestg.mx/userfiles/file/fugezupifewufofoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90a720ceb7---gajuxelodobizowam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80affcyoc0ac1f6a.xn--p1ai/admin/modules/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51760461997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7132fc63b2a9b16329995bceeac26506/zuwakapinonutizetov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiramisu-o.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/gezuradumogogekaxixijok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldway.jp/upload/board/file/rukexopidesemubet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5681b62d82---69439272585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbff-bygg.se/img/files/58702310978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/kizadozifuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0851gay.org/userfiles/202108file/2021082704463670554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca931668dc---35667440540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a1558dae58---zelimimudajoduzura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tarnava.eu/user_images/file/sewotagedax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpqzl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vowig.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_off0000e966.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE966 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001017d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1017D 11172 bytes
SHA-256: bbdf509420dd29d0cf58a8c49e8f68e243b0f2d840279241d5486f0e0892cf72
font_02_sfnt_off00011b42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B42 21056 bytes
SHA-256: ecb0aa0a9e5ce87c5b055dbb7bd6f620d87c81895df1b63c45ead58851e85a18