Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a79d074e660b0cfd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-24 18:45:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1fbc73a8931da00927b9eb68c2bcd26a SHA-1: 7e6a6457daed210c1078d8feee1c18717bee7eb6 SHA-256: a79d074e660b0cfd384e26418a74c12716279141153e3e12778417132076b862
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting and are structured as a link farm. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics, along with ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9901

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://pate4me.com/userfiles/file/bubabed.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pasationtravellers.com/root/FCKeditor/file/49431410867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614272bf64ac6---katamutidej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145d8b27bd4b---vefobugevemamufumami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creationart.hu/files/file/lojifajejinelofuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iuoelocal870.com/kaizen/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99380051275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesmashclub.com/imgUpload/files/89214942769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranthachcaodanang.com/uploads/image/files/8538670015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tribo.kz/userfiles/File/resululafovaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stmrcstvm.com/userfiles/file/sosivoloxubewikizubutut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srcchaika.ru/files/uploads/files/surosufixapux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoithanhhang.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/97504309079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202109/file/45329657972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a22675479f---3958576655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capital96.com/userfiles/file/70798153519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fc74e1e6f530e2b0570f88540a02a37/niparorejadejejebigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oteliapelsin.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58436306533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614daaad789df---92627073035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naves.cz/res/file/sefenutorip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optometrystaprzemysl.pl/userfiles/file/97605637790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espwireless.net/uploads/file/fagufobedibevufujeriwepab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jungleflightchiangmai.com/Uploads/files/25716004148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surmounttravel.com/userfiles/files/17266903295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/73233702663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/72846413516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdkuysuujk.handysociality.com/upload/files/gogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsddesign.com/filespath/files/20210907022004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=brothers+movie+download+tamilrockersPDF 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_off0000c11c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC11C 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 5eca88cf0a5a35bb711f61ce80e9ce300b0ca12978847bc8d69126e730cfeafc
font_01_sfnt_off0000da60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f272.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF272 20388 bytes
SHA-256: 70023bf7980861336571074616fe8e7a40534b67419644c79c9695daf0c44910