Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79a16747065b4791…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 01:19:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0332a394f0fc401a1e6e1a986f1426e9 SHA-1: f3e7ccdf82ba3513dfef9c8bcd51a4e7394ceec6 SHA-256: 79a16747065b4791e6206c8e395ed62a101aa7d1aefe8bf095a29660f4ecd414
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of embedded JS suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=roosevelt+new+deal+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://volkshilfe-vlbg.at/images/content/files/penomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/pupefuwibivanokeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766d214ba93---51766422807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080446bf1b87---joguladu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e62fed3b37---8190646954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cee4320b56c7311134b39e347e8f082f/jobovewefot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf9910110b---84037508051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa.hu/editor_up/menitogidasodufig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87074766611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariogiardinelli.it/userfiles/files/kajewov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855aeb0e65d---fimevezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/bupogapixofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e0d4032fc0fa607ff8f46dd97cda92f/rovejixilajifefatibokig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediasingrid.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/22130235177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giftboxvietthuy.com/upload/ck/files/kokabibomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namdolove.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210904_353F50BE53011B01.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc4cbc73aa---zibul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082156e63b01---15097577913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608599744ba8b---95922179300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jecoexports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwuwukexusanixigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://putzlappenborner.at/editor_up/dasukeserodunuxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f972957faf812994293336f759527305/siravivewuluxuganetaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ronaldtan.nl/images/photo/fowabubigozafuripitomekeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ecckvba8l9r3ij7f5jq7bc2tt/24866182651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112b85f0ed7a---ruluxilisejogafad.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_off00012f9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F9B 18788 bytes
SHA-256: ee29714e0d2c95dfbccc4cf8cdd1644a4580e5bbec1c22dfa033399f96d3e6b5
font_01_sfnt_off00016060.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16060 10496 bytes
SHA-256: c2a376950c9dcef8c97deb354e9f4141f948e3669042eeff5c8694c638b69f2b
font_02_sfnt_off00017881.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17881 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1