Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79ded84deb80848a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 18:14:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: d983675532fcbc2a309c9a22c7177c0d SHA-1: 899a6f0462c833856414edd50e1f3dfc7c68c754 SHA-256: 79ded84deb80848a8c965b49f4c435f8f2f4559ab19ad113088c87ccfbd28d02
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this intent, likely directing users to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=admission+in+kv+for+class+1 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pgbf6pon8gbbbcvcu027r3qn0c/tibovalur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d16200a18---2725959428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extrastyle.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dunigiwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac911d1a054---rojetumelep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090060f23662---nivivopujelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/liseven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.de/files/file/11423607945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9bfc21fd4---16077517638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607974e4773b9---maben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbjadow.pl/attachments/file/dijuxugonozox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c159025c75d---54756094400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b201656e8c---78923823350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c821605d5a43e2cc32fff60d4d45106/pogapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ah3fkmkaqk3tvme8keo3f3po8d/29682143229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddd685dc4a1a834496468fe8cc20bf31/70424930920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/pakorax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classconnbio.com/img-jacson/files/loxuruxeponupevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residencecarlofelice.com/userfiles/files/tinijizigidozag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eseninternational.com/uploads/files/poxuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e23225fe8---seneduxava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azstorestudio.com/uploads/files/86881609423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d2e48417de643c7ddd780a08a889167/87113228398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/vakuxazorotepafetodifatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commune-bourre.com/userfiles/file/jilumoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8c64b78277c15a9ddd2b88579a3f7a4/94101151601.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_off0000f4df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4DF 17368 bytes
SHA-256: bf3ade9e2a88a85eeccb3f113ad7754407ad5bc9048587335a5f36469cbd04ba
font_01_sfnt_off00012261.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12261 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 02d1661fe23d1208612429cf778e5394dc3fbd3a32430cc3da645a069507c995
font_02_sfnt_off00013a9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A9F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1