Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79249ae7287d0cc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-10-09 12:34:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 5af702c5cfbe0fb2306742ea852e6671 SHA-1: 30a6730c19198b611e4ccb3a48644133a593ad72 SHA-256: 79249ae7287d0cc3241fc2793b75133c0c3e2a9405bf8db6db5f26b5761dd82d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other domains, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://mayphoviet.com/media/ftp/file/rubefuli.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://duvarkagidierzincan.com/userfiles/file/25952237599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoppe.dk/files/43355160012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/sutozozuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talentfuturesservices.com/sharpinstitute/images/files/88195027863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posh.hr/files/70037305366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jss-moms.si/upload/File/nokelazikotodufimilik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/midodumolev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kriosispl.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jatuxopaginowewifalemijos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jualumnitoronto.com/editor/uploadfiles/41125658126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/tijidosesapukadilipuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b70f7819b6---zalakurele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baruipur.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84496741814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lusokunomowokutekenepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/70648339284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.nesdb.go.th/ic/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/susoworaragelunilabetud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed5cfeb2c8---49414323995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harrisitalia.it/uploads/file/fozerupuxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vegastel.eu/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/tigubomugasotig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/nabogafulosatesili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioixedap.net/upload/files/56407783117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1614f16fdd0a87---manifenederabinemipipos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161434d1644cfc---lejuxozideganu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roosprommenschenckelfoundation.nl/userfiles/file/87723977643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukumanis.com/contents/files/puwibimijiwipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=review+template+for+instagramPDF 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_off0000d3dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3DC 17424 bytes
SHA-256: 55da1c9d7a15cd097c960eaad4396f4bdc21128bbd0225637e38427a18d8d1b8
font_01_sfnt_off000100cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100CD 10900 bytes
SHA-256: a22bef25a7d37812665ad23b8db942b159150b598dbdd3e95109cb746568ab13
font_02_sfnt_off00011a11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1