Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79daa4f0bee8ddfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-06-20 23:13:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 451a3a4d01a50788f57e0e29953231d6 SHA-1: 6a5f771239e5637b318ac261d7961dd59c9181da SHA-256: 79daa4f0bee8ddfe2224d96758c8c2b267bf2253fcf78489e0171ab77e82157f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to download files hosted on compromised WordPress upload directories, disguised as a worksheet. The presence of multiple links to potentially compromised CMS uploads suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609222b01cb5e---zinovaviboz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608c3b387acfc---vodijubigawededezekuxiwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802fb8e2ab2---24097262837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/67346162480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae10499f324---vekuragi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autobedrijvenindex.nl/images/uploads/3193809697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/zaxalilubetobutuxejoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/simo5h7lvtr77t0n8a0nfm4vn3/55953664162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcelponjee.nl/ponjeefiles/file/98461173103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/469729b615410a154d2467605bd9059c/65323198873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandcougars83.com/clients/2/26/268573c5102cd00412bac87cee9346ec/File/gevitokexik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91ce59e3d09f0a38d463c53dad7033d5/pogirawonotugelakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa1f8b4b0176f3e62e30d2ad4edcc26e/dagereduduxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2303768d53580430e6a08896d56f5db/25011939930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyvenus.it/userfiles/files/lisixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xtra360.net/campannas/file/roruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a88a54c8ea1---kutemolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/998d5eae9d2b2fb755649c20308ffebb/nigem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/jonirujufelanusugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=integers+in+real+life+situations+worksheet+pdfPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000edc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDC1 5396 bytes
SHA-256: dc4189926fd4ed87a7505b839eb9ec6b6fcbbf157d3da704223937d23ed373bc
font_01_sfnt_off0001002e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1002E 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 81d80f04fc374096b1f8cc740339ec6931b6878b004b11e5e85f93d2ea41abe1