Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79421f1645bb94ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 14:02:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d096cf9952053e9b39531e479f7521e3 SHA-1: 3210a27ddead9af65c163769b598beeb3925b248 SHA-256: 79421f1645bb94ee747c73803b60274db7562d4699a529bc94683aea23999ac8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. Several external URIs were extracted, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malware or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://medarbindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tozule.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/5271980625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaihotelsale.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_DD2B6F99C8E8C014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mintaialuminum.com/d/files/rumadij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medical-1669.com/userfiles/files/3422976023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lunijogimaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rpdev.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75894687910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn--c1acndkmcarx.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/renoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taispacedesign.com/upload/files/52788626403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://r4binsh4h9-att.com/contents/files/zamef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sriraghavendratemple.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2535199164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/bufalivazenosovaborefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161407234c82de---98714125220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmypham.com/luutru/files/pefipejuvolazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alev.az/userfiles/file/zeguzesixawosuxokemavune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74bc325a995e18aa2518fa849c23fd08/nokilexavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blueoak.fr/image/file/49228459370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136bbb42715e---41258939695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45772441964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veaodaibrahma.com/uploads/image/files/80353335215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogologistics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38099646536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/dilobepuxalozezewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agroanaliz.by/upload/editor/files/93060309441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kerrya.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65070513262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gabrielamaciel.net/images/content/file/xasotifew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzhangqin.com/uploadfile/files/tezesilajoziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=gabbar+is+back+2017PDF 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_off0000e1e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E3 10340 bytes
SHA-256: eb29746cb4c43f942ddb9162d93e6c295db535d5a59b517348d00e479007749e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f978.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF978 18352 bytes
SHA-256: de295482169bb91fc0d5f96e5801b3aca20d6a1d7324ccc554ef62291f6d2396
font_02_sfnt_off0001296a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1296A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1