Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd79168576f4bd61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-10 04:53:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b026e17f1671ca88135b42b6090c2589 SHA-1: 4c36b38d4495cc1c0e5e2d1972858d72e79645b6 SHA-256: dd79168576f4bd613f54e1e32aa8ccd3d2e9c919f28a8340640536df064cbd82
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence, further supports the potential for malicious activity within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 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 http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/79920507787.pdf
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c72b1ccf34e---dagebosakavivuzulufokidi.pdf
    • http://clarasonic.com/upload/file/43342052177.pdf
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0507a67418---86269651092.pdf
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b402bfca3ec---31887585291.pdf
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8510cae06e---lexixute.pdf
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ttj9rtk910c3nog6ro8j6j7ej/jexuvevebebi.pdf
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pt3p8qnb5ddr2oddagau53cae5/63758734549.pdf
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099519268fad---gelugedasatafejubile.pdf
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f2d85c9fada6fb7fa6aeb2dddd12549/14942212146.pdf
    • http://flex-link.cn/uploadfiles/files/23279696259.pdf
    • http://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/wufozonujewefux.pdf
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc0d6138f7---18178265053.pdf
    • http://vonkoenigsmund.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca49b2a47e---xafekuwu.pdf
    • http://mt-filtration.com/uploaded/file/35659878360e0be795c55f.pdf
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/sapurilofabotoxuweb.pdf
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca76c18059---jinot.pdf
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/tatojapuvonupugavumugap.pdf
    • http://fitsiluet.cz/data/file/zuxexinokexi.pdf
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6902c66b9---60419522332.pdf
    • http://nmglyxx.com/userfiles/file/rogel.pdf
    • https://olmitek.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jekk7ac55pas92lap8tvk29g07/27337962397.pdf
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f091f590e6c9cf47212c59b7c8a7a1dc/87305712288.pdf
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077171c3eedb---nunojuzikazifibalanoret.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+partial+pressure+of+nitrogen
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f5ca.bin
08fed6db88cd6bed39d9f9378029d192c8eeef6b39f801ee1f388616516f8da9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5CA 10728 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e65.bin
639e24130e33aac6aceced25cc81d4849013035b1d2476bc71563c7941dbed61
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E65 16900 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013a5e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A5E 16792 bytes