Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79d3fee987fede28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 02:29:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2c1c5961c2763f7968a7192432832013 SHA-1: 97a621392ae4393bed93b2b56a7ddbc18c648a44 SHA-256: 79d3fee987fede287d1f4141dfae69b5a37d18aa7846729bac635ff8f31bd837
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites, likely intended to lure users into phishing scams or to download further malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+swimmer+john+cheever
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff6cb106be51506d6efedf5c871ff41c/38901074578.pdf
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbb9abc35281b94924438ad0b33c4b24/dujubununidimokozunukijij.pdf
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/68461149606.pdf
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c327b13d8107be439fdbb65b8497e15/74075200267.pdf
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d9e86a1e8a9c41edef25b7831566a2b/21723714144.pdf
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e93153182---nojiwob.pdf
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ec6db1104---26964586798.pdf
    • https://minegociomiweb.com/userfiles/file/37426004989.pdf
    • http://ranjitabiswas.com/userfiles/files/delemabutosoxu.pdf
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e5f275ac0---58740772829.pdf
    • http://gibson100.com/clients/870224/File/rijuv.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8903c0e72298cdf9d0afffd04fd52ba/risikuretobafu.pdf
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/13518116741.pdf
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/4171117242.pdf
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5417a7d541---zemojuwumurimasebilebew.pdf
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c2b268fd40ef20c8611ee6cb3f1514d/rodowebegomofodemej.pdf
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/zugixoxufemu.pdf
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85b20074c332975e0f6b0b37bfd683dc/bozafaredurobenexuxapala.pdf
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b52ab7ca7---53989596780.pdf
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/nizeta.pdf
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607151fe99487---80973050395.pdf
    • http://centromedicoveterinarioadda.com/userfiles/files/87802593998.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011583.bin
8e16653d3d7780bebb2d33d86f26da9d08ab290e0d7457ca28eb50b0fdfc4f4a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11583 17228 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001420c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1420C 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015a23.bin
46d8443ff66772b8b697301edf6bece0916ec0f4b83d05136d76531211f4eb6c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A23 10432 bytes