Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79f31389587303b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:45:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c3ea69953bd45e36d8e5304397737edd SHA-1: 7f1ec3b2f86fcd32e97ffd9ffc86a28513efd470 SHA-256: 79f31389587303b9796952709d7f1f622e067ec246b012a92d01da5cee53135d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to multiple external PDF files. The heuristics indicate that the link farm is hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload via the linked PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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 https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b28af58227191e85ddc9897ab366a7fb/80413384289.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gaongonmaiphuong.vn/webroot/img/files/nisafakojubupawowuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/81441412042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/kolalimozonusixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210828_AA23E4A2F4114A58.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/56141511893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6abb2268f6b47d4420399ee0ad632ff5/56624681966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eniedu.com/data/file/20210801210247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tupnate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuzumuxoviporefawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vyveva.eu/UserFiles/File/sajetefimujojunufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa188567d2---63782431754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wijnhuis-vaessen.nl/site/data/ws/files/ximoxekiguvosuribav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioichuyendong.info/app/webroot/upload/files/sulesesoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpscrm.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/35876477991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/30442179036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ec416f50a---zitolewekujudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce05a58c7a0---sizuxewezuviwusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.igescanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jomoralapupakexolufuloru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmwarts.com/ecovic/file/213026338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd5a13907b---33104194612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a75e2eba34b---dulaposusotofabixabub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trisad.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wutowiziwelofubamisujax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gejapowowapavowez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608887672df8c---tipurarinod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=thermodynamics+an+engineering+approach+6th+edition+solution+manual+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000e06d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE06D 11496 bytes
SHA-256: cce9805c11ed5a6662bd06907e845487402e5e4c84821bbea1d1a63f10db838e
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB56 19996 bytes
SHA-256: aa0c47ecbd477e06bd01ed84d646d183e942cd04545882ba8d73d7b3bfdbe245
font_02_sfnt_off00012fb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1