Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79caff40aa43c0f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 08:35:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 9eb832057310db4fe71b2b5c5ec9cfc3 SHA-1: d53503dc129970751b77e2d7c0738fcd275e2ecb SHA-256: 79caff40aa43c0f83fbc3fa28fd5755b747ca233048002b3fe19e7121809ad7c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm hosted on compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting it's used to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The embedded URLs point to various PDF files on potentially compromised websites, reinforcing the link farm and distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fd12443c0---jetatopunok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7978f42386---lupefewilokoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/zezesare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajeshjshahani.com/clients/d/de/defaee86e9f1fedea086b53a5072ac2c/File/kanunosikorunodusevowesel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/70492669755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kvtpch8a3jqu0v7lkrocuqnev5/xuwibodebirigugawevulan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escqatar.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/23143891432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8696c4cffc260e02069105bc667e425e/81615737665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a5776b22b---37045043293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdc.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kifalunezovovowopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b42585401f300b8986b135ce941701ff/12435961583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812ee28c2d7---15295577631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/teh93kjnf6b8kvgaq8lv5gjbd6/buduxadelonaxupijazefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ugmmjdr5jth4t6c0jb7nf2rho/57737486443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liderpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bavuvawagalipabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1c30b31a9d91cdf0820eb7d9af07aec/kenox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog//file/25058720983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16gst164m5crusj0ag7cma87rj/wavubolopetozunefigibev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf08ea3e9ae---wubaxeregisem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f33f29df32---40920141227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98c8cc601e---29043963089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibanghanoi.com/uploads/files/dogatidikedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a43e24fb4---83356575980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fluidearthconcrete.com/userfiles/file/resonepewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=food+for+nausea+and+upset+stomachPDF 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_off0000ec30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC30 17116 bytes
SHA-256: b6d3c898821a293bb4d3aad26d6e1969d93bbaa2abcd5d7cf53f66a821eb1ae8
font_01_sfnt_off000118bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130D4 10824 bytes
SHA-256: b8ccf569c002011dd844a35144ca642bd148458ecbf764b5f2d17fc4aa8cb736