Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79c68f3bd5a124a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.0 KB Created: 2021-07-26 12:50:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3029f7423dba3a1f474a694d1f38af2c SHA-1: 1ba40bd1be475dcf58fc8a1b36bf5902b3bd2b84 SHA-256: 79c68f3bd5a124a65140ddefc554caed8c76b3a1d1991d5e026b3fc57de77396
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and link farm characteristics points towards a phishing or credential harvesting attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7610

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://gregor-biffiger.ch/userfiles/file/42893634050.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hotelgiottotorino.com/userfiles/files/7016165721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/47308998920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857df985935---baparabodiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/337663481531a5a8568f6097bd4ab018/60188596760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hifi-markt.eu/kunden/kronhardt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17481595454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bobecoingatlan.com/uploads/editor/file/xariwubaraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23e1d349c502ad702cde3a26e2e0e730/98661567587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60142722216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/xatesutakifapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refah4ter.info/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/81269018673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b2fecd48d---susatojutuviforupig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushrutproctology.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gokolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchtextile.com/userfiles/file/bisosapixepedunagoguko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/858orfm3jsaqjg39drtpb68cs5/93720034454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/rurowixabebarumevelenisof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c0d573cad---vamokunidorizuripevutofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27b9bf2aaa---85943259785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciskmv.com/css/file/bubamokebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/volovesuzomulixukuwesowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fc7e1156f---mimegosozizorefen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/tukasefufukovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=stickman+soccer+2018+mod+apk+happymodPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off0001026a.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1026A 26512 bytes
SHA-256: 197267ccb2fe4de1515151c67300300310d45ec5f8d039128a6c231544dc92c1
font_01_sfnt_off0001312b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1312B 20240 bytes
SHA-256: 054e81ee3df4d00a887228a9a9c46ae46542c2bc15fceac7f173c9f250332a92
font_02_sfnt_off00016267.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16267 1672 bytes
SHA-256: 3f1748778f03e7b7e2d3a6c88ca15ef060a02f224cd71155e662fde9dd4c56c7
font_03_sfnt_off00016a59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1