Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79649e317643a19a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 23:59:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 8024a0963c5914fe43359f6b9b750c72 SHA-1: 4193f474e08ba042887b46f58ec3e13f8c1e52f8 SHA-256: 79649e317643a19a940aedecdcefb3392c9d3987a6e77eb3588800ddca50a66b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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=different+types+of+natural+red+hair PDF link annotation
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/fosanofenowarage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/59139697876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/solidofelarita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b11b6f0daee---womugilugodakinuduso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/7898198408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caa8ea0b55---14305715009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/60150661744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b55dbc0fc6---99833925170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/posd77ngp0rhdgn036mrhn06kn/93665950216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/noraxalubavuzipef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17426e7894deceda6691efa9410c4266/53666496532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f241fd651797513fddf2b4f850129e67/23346490726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7419f3081a61ac3419cc7dcbe41bef2a/82073037412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f23b057a344ea1e7a5898fcc0c559d30/bemozisoxadowekozobokokix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39784c255fbe60f765c88e7788fbadbb/75015030623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowator-zpu.pl/userfiles/file/fabevovuxage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49fd0714ae---povibijegalat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a3bfdd5bafe8bc6331688ff04ee10aa/45946366849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834b0ccca51---fesodusibinuliwisewoxojis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24801381060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bba24540365---33942727292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717dcb13c28---38424032042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b53a9fd879bbd470c6bba6bfade6720/tirup.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_off0000fc43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC43 17076 bytes
SHA-256: 07d1d954f2f20cd652eaba9be8042d86a84455b16a252fc62d62313850230714
font_01_sfnt_off000128e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128E2 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 0da74ff881c8e55745713997e2d0a0ad5150f0ebd46a3561b8dad29d83a2db35
font_02_sfnt_off000141c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1