Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79fa5dc793ec8c22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-08-29 19:17:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 594b5d1694adf942ce1f396698185918 SHA-1: d3e876c78478b43720187760282968f5324f7564 SHA-256: 79fa5dc793ec8c22d3454b609b0cc23ae86fcec3b56df0e5632317950cd4d1c5
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to malicious sites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true malicious destination. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 6

  • 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://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/4799997179.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/221df27bc0b06c8261da15e0ced3cb82/jowanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32292707361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-nice.com/upload/files/nukibivajokinawurej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/19285874870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48c367b56a---sodiwafamopufamazoxixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a522895d80---xusepebijewobat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714ba7528fb---kififakokonitiluxuzevesof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5f688d3037dd80ca002413c992e7b78/17569773858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/zemexanibidokirifidun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gfb.it/upload/fck/file/dezofonaduwuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cf214d57efb00d614863bf3a5abe651/banojekavakimadari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765ec646d20---fupibipavosuwusenukot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schs1968.com/clients/861610/File/13897161045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/dodibumajijikasojew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacene.com/userfiles/files/36230440230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a6e540a7b---nobuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4svtbgiimj14qlbc92jtlh1rp6/mizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d96b5d95a72---89071900955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korovin.org/site/img_ufiles/88778202419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21566c8c37b07a719bff0887be8c285c/98747325813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18904635d5---22925844290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611897d1ada1a---51450324695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/20568933604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tozojexanijatirupulagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=cod+5+zombies+mapsPDF 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_off0001049c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1049C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011cae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CAE 18884 bytes
SHA-256: e1b8d3e1c541494b0b4b49b322619e4a1c3fab81223d2f243856d26114b0f941
font_02_sfnt_off00014e3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E3C 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 08beef06ce9a7ac46344d6f6ff49d2fbea481065cae3d5a9ff191319e03a2a24