Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7f79e39eb76dcd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-20 10:01:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ba2fc677cf4d8b10bd0f4ba651912988 SHA-1: df6d6f56b563ffd655d9d4ab715961ed6cfb8047 SHA-256: d7f79e39eb76dcd0e43003a81308a4b9e360be8ca0a66c4571cc986b6083aee0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on compromised or disposable domains. These URLs likely serve as landing pages for phishing attempts or to download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pes+21+iso+ppsspp PDF link annotation
    • http://essentielles-theater.de/UserFiles/File/getibafitekozareg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanrun-it.nl/userfiles/files/gozanowowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rinipijowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pushtypathshala.com/demo/aims/files/images/files/fevinokulusupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corising.info/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210917221017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chithanhplastics.com/uploads/userfiles/file/91764686489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd0cad3e101c6e44ff5c99cebc184c29/vujaroseguvuropuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ita.kru.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gemof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consade.com/userfiles/file/nobepewex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediasingrid.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/21099803803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuanvietnam.com/upload/files/mikidefotovizajefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijacr.net/assets_admin/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/41523683717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthueviet.vn/img_data/files/galebomevupojogug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aatg4aaaddkhfhbf3evf.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27576382708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domexpo.ru/up/file/rodamodiwafoterixido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e51e960a7---zejevirawipufemuzukedetag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/delusir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e882da522677d7fe0f099757a46b562/zaxasuxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harmony-lazienka.pl/Upload/file/getosipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confeccionesruiz.cl/UserFiles/File/xunigunojup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/75868527424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88772093770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/90781349327.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_off0000c287.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC287 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA99 17864 bytes
SHA-256: a8724fa8b12965c42680f3d4db928cdd534b746041b3e9a715c5d4613fda2181
font_02_sfnt_off0001087d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1087D 9908 bytes
SHA-256: e7397f25a4eb2a05e3448dfd5dbce22883111cd5766c343569222bfd8f60d370