Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79f68af14689c2ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 06:59:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d7cd5fc97abc7738e26ac13e30fda8a2 SHA-1: ec895e08327e7688086b2acd3dfc0a4f50018bf7 SHA-256: 79f68af14689c2abc2fd6625a0a9fff8f7e2f3334bbe12a34cc37c0bdec26043
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic firings suggest this PDF is intended to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4749

Heuristics 6

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tamil+animation+movie+download+in+isaimini PDF link annotation
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///57900534514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazdooradda.com/userfiles/file/pabezubupiwunafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canphantich.net/Images_upload/files/62908987438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7333cedf7d---92398928253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbp7754ff6omab4moudcetf89c/61822933385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/kuwunepinaremisolewavaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ih2vkl9v2f2neavbd0dj4v6r4/7418863721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c3a769ea12a4bc043c4e05fbd33b647/vusedulevamuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/papowodogokebupuxitano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwc.lt/i/pusevibukujewijosofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8dd7837f9d---vewagomigixutuninejerar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisef.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/67081280174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/82611489728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c88fc0c9236cc596937b3aee0bb9b654/zezikedenuvobolufejobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63dcbde363ace5c35d9765014f310918/vuxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9db6719da74c5f230f38b873198e5452/18392295313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ppmcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnde2vbevvb1n12j2988aeikn5/ravupuvaniju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nokpc384olnsor7qfmp4vu86mv/66086949744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76e1tmr1s21j305fu9r7qjifud/ribikakuvafodilijeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/49113429364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddd1c9c8121---xawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ffc39de14b---82308589367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geniuschulatutor.com/userfiles/files/pizexisorelezazoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nc788bb1q65tfj1v6md5i4n8r3/binajibur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6823350197---39208558326.pdfIn 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_off0000f9e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9E1 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 02c9bffbcc2225cff6c804d9e5069d15429e96ba8e52f23b26f56e21451bc5fa
font_01_sfnt_off00011190.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11190 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000129a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129A2 17856 bytes
SHA-256: 59f32aeac883a625fb1e27d98b5eb7b4694ce9c40804fa37ba2ed616012748cb