Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da79c420041476f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 19:11:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3a088c4d75513057219d87994a8a088c SHA-1: da7294154a11d4a93e05c19bf1159306e952869a SHA-256: da79c420041476f112484ac933ef412656a38601f99abe07c50d901b5a55d383
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URIs, with several heuristics flagging it as a link farm and pointing to potentially compromised domains or raw IP addresses. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://www.sudaff.com/pics/file/49557379449.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ig3n2p93kmvjohve7laqo2c6d5/80294926962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b0618892aa---3189336064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://178.62.148.222:300/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/firodarepodidiwojewavak.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://inspiredindianfoundation.org/uploads/92751377985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kath-kiga-bw.de/bilder/berichte/file/logazeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/vunil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a243b920009---1008418018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1mumndj2g8t5pdnm0hknsjoa2/tekumemukemom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//xolewomapiworo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.com/userfiles/files/31179955825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcompany.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/kigegidatakakufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48357174505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/17779928804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33fc1a67333d4304bbbb91c8b0f18348/70342533419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161255408ee4e1---wadiniwinutoxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termokingbt.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vumafof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607476e440934---vurotile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961092f0e25---44438380422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095abc85c8f6---pezub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbffbe7be6050e2a70ad4bf2f27a6ec2/zufurosixokus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f458d25d45e66ebd9f559bb0ac5509c/sexoxulizojuwitebesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunghiephuylog.com/upload/files/gofojar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=syncope+after+surgeryPDF 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_off0000da60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f272.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF272 16540 bytes
SHA-256: 377a09fed805f5509a6b39494bc35427e57cd53cbc98b70e96e96941e3f5fbe6
font_02_sfnt_off00011d94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D94 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 63f100cab871acfd5d2061956255930c3070565c7ba0f4c5f9b24b05f8797632

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