Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79bc4e58906ff455…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:35:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: efb8bc348f32ef99e188f9c3f9cda561 SHA-1: 02674e30cfc3b9271ceb49bf158814c6ee96c6bd SHA-256: 79bc4e58906ff4553c0a1f44d2eab6160e802abe9a03034989c36f89e8d0cf01
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic firings and URL patterns are sufficient to assess the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+word+courtesy PDF link annotation
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qlqdctbbb1voqsdqq5gti740a3/wojuzefeweni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaunited.com/contents/files/68931401606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhanh.com/files/surifemigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tkhomedeco.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210702181231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e81e8cb2b7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17a562be7b3e69f42ae55414685f2ff7/zuzalidasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2enjm0ote7qqqgtmlt3qehd3ln/rumemif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywymc.com/userfiles/file/95081898603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/309c3483abb436d9d9c0843517255961/74272701247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/96757791668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6fdd47eeb97b951dac2e67084420c37/fufalijavexozupifuduge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livres-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56617084705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xnucleus.com/members//member_images/files/sepogipowuwejofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbcostaverde.it/userfiles/file/godolidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/82305009962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nawawiramategagufoboxudaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/952741beb2116dcbb144ce2db7c7ad4f/86073195840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9783dd0efb---rutiwimuzepikanuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlanham.com/uploads/files/46401945445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607657f8a8f42---sonekegaxodelurutowovofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17302942933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a8640b2bf---26742226931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettorobertafasola.eu/userfiles/files/13807713397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/97271622822.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_off0000b7c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7C0 15520 bytes
SHA-256: d931347d79f454904bb543d16b9003278a7031ffccb14ea7435db1b650943306
font_01_sfnt_off0000def9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF9 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 4e5cdfc36cc5407b377b9775e4410217013d20c2086fc3a6a140de9a130aa098
font_02_sfnt_off0000f68b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF68B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1