Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b79ab8768a6b945a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-05 14:44:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: d99b0af7717e5ca9f9038e223d9b49a6 SHA-1: fcaf0d72b7261fc8d0791c1d992feb2f4b3c0039 SHA-256: b79ab8768a6b945a1aa0c55a710aafe8443defdd8cc69a302e5c5d6f2e81b11b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters in some URLs further support a campaign aimed at driving traffic to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dbe8e52a75---jagoromenujikeloxeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091891a95cd4---jewogisalotozixiguvifunus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koffiewarenhuis.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/11025625890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87eef008b5---linepavopelupifabizeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/12654237380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/fukaxanizunaparen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamarkosong.com/contents//files/32976105354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transpack-krumbach.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/bederasekasesajepasux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48e1d0f31961f2a01b07ad0c73a65d44/guwunikubotufonirejoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delve-cr.com/uploads/24301526686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cana.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/69871928254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4aa7c04d088a5eaa8ced5eab5fe8ba3/26062601560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608599a045622---wesuzidegukodigabefuraruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longhoang.vn/upload/files/japopaxivitujemejodozegul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/20216620369242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrodomesticaruano.com/images/ckfinder/files/2430587160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikarazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5oq6mj5hqu6746a8rudi5mv9dn/96938479374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/rijexonidel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95iump9276pg9qp0vkkbe93q0r/tufubuliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/865b63d66c53a2fd792636969a65669c/55494208500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a94a264a5ec---fuwimoduzejexijijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/9401138369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qytbearing.com/upfile/file/xapewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fdbf51a2df1c019211dfb3fdf9d244d/zabirasisidokatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+ovulate+and+not+release+an+eggPDF 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_off0000efb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB0 17220 bytes
SHA-256: e6248cdee595b172a92d2545b1818a8a8cb3f9c45fe8f14ad3765811ba30c522
font_01_sfnt_off00011cb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB8 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 8f0c15f598d9d4de69b73f72de7af2e4db96a8a64b99af30d4f5e3d6113b5f4a
font_02_sfnt_off00013521.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13521 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1