Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79e2d222389be503…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-09-10 19:50:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1c5befc3f6e935a4e441442dc32bdfee SHA-1: 479f409e81f1cf2295b2e95b85787fa11c2a7de3 SHA-256: 79e2d222389be50354f18d4671dd9006c5c0dd4bc804c54c44bede0f04237865
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. Embedded JavaScript is also present, which could be used to further exploit the user or redirect them to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://uk-finansist.ru/userfiles/file/wavunapivuz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kiptep.ru/file/94138372789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137832667ebd---32640045751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/39480764066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ingatlansos.hu/images/userfiles/file/vepomikejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zanilurogikusatataluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613438a0e36d4---karinasedodixewukanugoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robedecreateur.com/img/files/fagidekawuwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaintik.org/files/galeria/files/somijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f8683127f8---kesakoboredugukibenux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kernenshepler.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rixefoditove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/57478652012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienbao.net/uploads/files/59080958479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/mevaloxajejuradatisodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.be/userfiles/file/wisesowopafoduzogakus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2b9ab48660b82ef0ddde376161f400a/93908090497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhfangyuan.com/uploadfiles/files/18889085852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-2.de/images/daten/file/93042290397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e50c3b00313c7478c9151f1898e82db/bozuzowewisatesuvetagusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zerling.eu/nico/images/files/1161423052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamboeng.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rurisefexike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swalaya.in/userfiles/file/53897233889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvumayphoto.vn/webroot/img/files/83744758330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f01728d418ecda302b1a50451b4cf9f/zisata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=download+ben+10+heroesPDF 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_off0000f13f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF13F 18424 bytes
SHA-256: 1276766f879ce44a3528202fce9dd26579c8fa53d3ab9e7333ebb25517b24439
font_01_sfnt_off00012132.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12132 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013949.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13949 10556 bytes
SHA-256: f20c2f497a16acd7fbe36290b05208777b7533b26f838814b19aee44751de020