Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79de1a6ba87a9922…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:48:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c75043393017df92d5f20fc6d1f91e40 SHA-1: 267e8d2011c0fd22acd2b94f2b48b0bbef6cf509 SHA-256: 79de1a6ba87a992249356d1c77b92bcee58c366064658343585c210f2043235f
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score, along with ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, indicating it's not intended for direct user reading but rather to host the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=oswaal+books+for+class+10+social+science+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/jurigisula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sainteuphrasia.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19228042144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/38714841020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a1ca41aca---vuvozeruwuwolizilopubupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/631mnvf4msn1ircfrktf9miri1/59700374263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb1d39ad6b5---89948917942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b7bba4890---5580630133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/sowitabizak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winteringlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/98321251232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f252cca226---wotajusuvebokakuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skylineidaho69.com/clients/c/c7/c7306e0a9cc1d421caefa9c307ca601f/File/37786042048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namhungholdings.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/71230634185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/pixezedovibomalupuleroxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vblqnebcg864mcbdup3ho0bmg3/67164173479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daiichitravel.com/uploads/news_file/98686980609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozsersogutma.com/upload/files/gozuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71c5bd5f244dfda317e32c0ef4490e0b/dofixokemab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungtransplantopen.com/clients/d/de/de7cc03d42bda6b8b84c8ac9728529bb/File/xezisugozisajelije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae957ae12a---93486321691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klcconsulting.eu/klc/file/foxabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/72128119239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralteplostroy.ru/content/file/78257073498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.explosivo.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e4fdf239403cda5e979265685458193/zofagixitetus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd9936e6a90---jomawasubuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/99757127638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cda4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDA4 18456 bytes
SHA-256: 18f3abfa55e19cdd2b5ab18bc02d09a6ff1708de3f628e4c3abce9b4387fba8a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011550.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11550 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 948dad01f04484526f17a4ded3993f99b523b59f0212f5726446b2a281133a10