Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79ca4167a7123593…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-10-06 15:53:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 7bc2c20750436f2f93bc33d936996fa3 SHA-1: 9eece5d418700b5b4d791e6dbc2f6f18a93fac7a SHA-256: 79ca4167a712359381653a0f6be789e741aaa3533c399e2a28caf71b83ef8f37
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to act as a lure, redirecting users to other malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/39975043554.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://1yunnan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sewekuxiniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drosamahetta.com/userfiles/file/37527994331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snieznik.pl/userfiles/file/forarunavulomuligele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mh-gartengestaltung.de/userfiles/file/31388485731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/40560992935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prakseologia.eu/userfiles/file/dilamek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azs-szermierka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/xoxukekodelesovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invision.buzyhub.com/files/vivexojapevakeperawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msiutilities.biz/documents/pojujovirezosujasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/36877091441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosonhuath.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/53923038761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f66664476fa0264a9670c5d33eb2f0c7/jiwatadubilopisapup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80affcyoc0ac1f6a.xn--p1ai/admin/modules/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kogodej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80553379351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bassonconsulting.mc/userfiles/file/notikekas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408b4f31ba9---8008687755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koovappadyscb.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jamarixobowamizuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weforyou.it/userfiles/files/wosakowabudizetariv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bptramptour.pl/files/file/23487379282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/nibomefolazisuxojejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpdb.org/userfiles/files/72803398667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://km2804.com/ckupload/files/59401435228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fcf4d175b9---kivagafig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geomanteia.com/userfiles/files/zokezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/10158934952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+does+the+appendix+become+inflamedPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000bc11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC11 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 9b21a03c12a444a628715533cbc473620045c9ee35b1eb1ff4813ca06d4d3eed
font_01_sfnt_off0000d58e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD58E 15952 bytes
SHA-256: a5070f9b1b8f77e62ea1fb999c84836fd773470e80974792aa7a6e1b530fdea1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1