Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a79ce844fc2b681b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-08-13 18:56:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 333c04abae4c0de09d508d3625f030b8 SHA-1: 389cdc50636aaf4c9c1f87f5d50bed04c94e3c93 SHA-256: a79ce844fc2b681b68525d3ab25961fd973231308df688850b2610996256c8e4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of a link farm on disposable hosting suggests a tactic to obscure the ultimate destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 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
  • 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://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7487691fa2c161cd582f1958461946b8/4574888323.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/590c108dbb92dba5f29402568f30fff6/46801799114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/kuxojaxobagaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/katemijasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truckforceone.eu/upload/editor/file/26748980499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca09ec0230---32971459495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garyjetcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/092cc86787c8299cacc0ec1b3b103049/89582728884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tkvb4ttmq05u36k41ainec2f0/xugewaripowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srtprogetti.eu/userfiles/files/63349901095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oxfordjsr.com/userfiles/file/34861500990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607333a271873---fugunusedefepibarajez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/323f2cd8835375807fbc47e73011838b/55064946105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birzebbugastpetersfc.com/files/file/maminufizoguruza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c185a299d192be18215657c603ecb2d3/2023199829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfc036dce6c---95804549895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netinflux.net/userfiles/file/6411089610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7afac9ecc---wutesevajijapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/fiwezidixekevinek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t04jlb60fgoj77mhjg587jbrpa/63438970384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/jukarizeraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e75aa920f---diwuxaris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/tidakitilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec5eb1cade---zomisasebijiwakuxixapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunrise-photon.com/upfiles/editor/files/63574750148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=parole+en+sortant+de+l%27%C3%A9cole+jacques+pr%C3%A9vertPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f3ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3CE 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 14f9af9802229fa46c5e63ca8e5aad34dfe74a86950b96974e956f50fb66d784
font_01_sfnt_off00010d39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D39 18932 bytes
SHA-256: e976e353b9edd8500f546cb09cf11ca2f6ab1a76ec24f8d328612373064cab8f
font_02_sfnt_off00013c7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C7A 5564 bytes
SHA-256: 83cca712feb8083bf5e85677b77b53f4d97dc96aa96a9ee28522c356c4343501
font_03_sfnt_off00015024.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15024 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1