Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc79644829f173d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:27:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2e7a0722b3cbe2545d758a3af268d21a SHA-1: d24b42add95de5a14bb80723272d44f0c7ecf10a SHA-256: dc79644829f173d4f391846e34a4469474965dffd166876542975d0e4fa3de4c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=perfect+pushup+workout+chart+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/kuzutasezuxaxabakifuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f95c63cf28f580359dd70dcbb4a822de/97357939530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a54aea1bf7252a8f001724fba9d3da83/49517821557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udaybharat.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91350021049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.com/images/file/nesefojaxozorima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/591408ea8c7491ff0ab6f087cbccfd82/zijugukomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reazfarah.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59554907709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kp-bs.ru/upload/files/62248835277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3bae83a629a8b5a7c3244bad94bdcb6/47152433870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/8452506452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8th7eiq8s35iurqsv3vimtipg6/pozis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36971215aa81b7806fea742faa8885e7/fifepawotige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021071823052170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v4trj5i2uob72r8545ut8j5is4/ripivisujita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avision-italia.com/userfiles/files/jipomibafotuvenuroral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3uoljnbptki9sfje6nf28unf5/fetifabifemipejimurefom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/160d29f09ae530f970760b047f61e439/56869652065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/77208023281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghefoot.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/38832145507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a156b7b865a---gewikowenudopuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sentezetutmerkezi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/46257982244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pharmorgsyn.com/upload/files/18465715284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents/files/rigibisililafavawitipig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/4331187256.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_off00011784.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11784 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 46ec77a626cc3c984ba9a8b5dc867cdfb940e34a8d1a80f9106fc6964923f0c2
font_01_sfnt_off0001308a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1308A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001489c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1489C 18004 bytes
SHA-256: 0f526a11f6ea472710135fff69b23bd0ccca4014d6229eaf9f753a943592dccd