Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a79a809ba1e1de34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 21:09:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 61a87022c769405e71fa108d9714202e SHA-1: 33a9808f7ba9ee1ea9ed0bb0651c4a4d149d30ec SHA-256: a79a809ba1e1de341e7e6873a7515bbab58a88293258fff6c65edd71c3472df9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of links on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=brand+factory+logo+png PDF link annotation
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086bac7147ca---zezufofotibim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/jurepelenuzofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab3df63c406---69923379741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ndmoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/lesiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/415980f0beaa3464a55f212a71858eb0/64160926599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/bajataxesoleba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61751135a9---43344975319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/14336243533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northstarbaptisttyler.com/clients/a/a4/a4b4c2e389351fb2dee96c3f727c6a57/File/rubuzebomunefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://app8itebarandgrill.com/admin/images/file/14163744278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d316895b05845dd51a95464fb105f28c/kuwuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/93044239437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a47b9acce---bizefoxetorukiwidon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilalluminio.it/userfiles/files/nerikamofet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega.kz/media/upload/files/88572652058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/9230817149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebuzz.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/latukesitojomilobira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a5ddbd97454d3e614f8439c50d23b1e/tikaxesiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d0b097cf1106d736c4c857d5b39669f/vusofawowatuluwuwafaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/70914251059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/faxapivosebef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jexijudobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7237b488d0---zederomid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f944.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF944 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 452ffdc87139698bd0d463d43166978cb4da9f107bfbc1e958e8ca2b18662c94
font_01_sfnt_off00011155.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11155 18492 bytes
SHA-256: fae881691ef6c6d0a7e985bb4324a2d9960ceae58121d3921e459ade817bfeb8
font_02_sfnt_off0001411b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1411B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1