Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79ae36c63da9e004…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 09:22:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 81a25e54ec1f0207b244d0ba2ee9fdf0 SHA-1: 32fcb5f0cf8362c5f054d84ceb01c68742edfad6 SHA-256: 79ae36c63da9e00439f6646b5cad7a49785727b22e82e13f5ea3072130e24a36
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of 'cmd.com' in the document text, alongside external links, suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or trick users into executing commands.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+walking+dead+world+beyond+s01e01+torrent PDF link annotation
    • http://sdes.in/uploads/mesoxejoxulepewonixaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curvy.tw/upload/files/58287562389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ab0726af97---35049003902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145615824c52---tegoxifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techscreening.com/userfiles/files/niroginalilotuvivaxuxivel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bulendengin.com/upload/ckfinder/files/nakolekojidowusel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ragobajexusezubupidufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f7359e6030---51986623494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdcmd.com/data/files/39933909329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fd71d03486a5ad6c854ec1c7ea1afc6/kedefenan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujieshubao.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021091814072473499.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/nebakofol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/simemeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nexapos.com/upload/files/21594510019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fk7b519pj12j28m7fhlfa5fqj2/niligaselodeziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/161316e0e98655---dixifofabasup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vc2k1lm0rq0nls5isss64lrtk1/jojubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edmunditemissions.aboutgiving.net/sites/default/files/editor/file/78871755891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/88542178713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolonchem.com/upload/files/woginokivuludolojopufotib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e3505161f---71542814076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-intelli.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33052333998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • 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_off0000d672.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD672 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 8251455687c4c9e56c86dcec7ed82d89fed9153323f7c8f09d5171ee0dea6bf3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f023.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF023 18340 bytes
SHA-256: 07b3ef85b61f56dc48cf5ecdb64a2e71a300fd3bc24fe36690df8324d09e742a
font_02_sfnt_off00011fd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1