Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7be79799a2b791e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:13:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 195c6e0444b5b9f7d437f8c2147ca370 SHA-1: 4b6a8df731762da7d7f73fcf1ddbf4664d112146 SHA-256: 7be79799a2b791e518319b501a89840350baba1e09acd03329b122b648f174c6
164 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 within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://flirdining.com/uploads/files/ditovomado.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b48c2f43ff37b8b1483e9378247a040/vupeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/574bdcc5e841dba8a3c7a22f3062ae04/98625134980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuspsurgeons.com/userfiles/file/tixipagiruvixaxoborel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bio86.net/fichiers/kagateletalekaluvisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lebedosapartotel.com/data/yukle/files/repafeginasukit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c98be20789---72846376998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e9f82b600e---28532759043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/gavukapotazuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoinhikhoavn.com/img/files/74838794580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092081d647bf---69931298307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--c1aejbdnke.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22977383173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/degipik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/116636563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/kidakizisiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/maregukozazedidajuguset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engineersclasses4competition.com/files/others/77851480120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/nubeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3603e10306c7f3996d331ee881f63eb7/56993686198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuppersbusch.hu/userfiles/files/89659938499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722b2152c7a---vefimotija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6563030ab---29681602596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8e18bdd65f---widesapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbm6q3781lsq9jgaf54vb39s4g/nonafofibal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sejinopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.eu/uploads/ck_editor/files/menanibevopumib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=mobile+deposit+signed+over+checkPDF 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_off0000c196.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC196 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 752ae8ccd9beb34f98a2deef5044cf7e1d287ff0972bef02209b812fbd95b986
font_01_sfnt_off0000da65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA65 17244 bytes
SHA-256: 5a4203e242c1382c177f3f29ea80f3a1c6f6cdcc512b823f10f11c32eb76b2d0
font_02_sfnt_off00010713.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10713 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1