Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 979beb830af4bb1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 22:19:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 215aca6671dfcaf1b50dee0a7d745e8c SHA-1: 75a278f89da0f700e4f54c1aacedda329fe105d3 SHA-256: 979beb830af4bb1e14f745393c89dbb25e9f10b29126fdae6d735f8c620ffdb5
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and multiple links, several of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 9

  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://multi-accueil.fr/ressource/site-image/files/55307227539.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30797189712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamepinleri.net/calisma2/files/uploads/luvimuwusabuketewevovines.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c663932cdeb021f8598919e8edd1237/gapozobivosusimukisolam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pieseclimaauto.com/files/file/nilusokuxufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saraiaser.nl/userfiles/file/73489445043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rapn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wogofox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrhobbscoffee.com/images/uploads/file/93185998022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ever-progress.dacola.com/upload/files/fenuzusowaxomivarun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20492626345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jobsandhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/sedaradikatitewapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oreopay58.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tibaraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/88093714839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recepti.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79399214315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01546ed26312b9fee8cab11f31e7e819/vitimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nceed.kr/pds/userfiles/files/98774470958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/17603417426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheniou.handysociality.com/upload/files/fuveregemif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ximatinhdongnai.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/lefasajuletotunajawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb71c0ffea---xozuzugosaxibovabawikos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcf23a5c5a498f097d9148676a188e70/86455758912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bwhe.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39068217891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/merovaxuwemewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=netbeans+ide+for+android+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_off0000c9e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9E9 10552 bytes
SHA-256: df2a4f71cfcda52b4d04e3c1f13cd989c6664438af11b714ae65c516214b1d0f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e228.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE228 19760 bytes
SHA-256: 654f7b9f90479dfa2df0d1730c0dad7b1d20ff1b5835ae678d5626745d4af88e
font_02_sfnt_off0001162d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1162D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1