Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f79cf825f67e2bc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 16:50:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fcb2ca60012327350befb67cad385350 SHA-1: 3fc355017d49ec8e2358a32c318501786a98ccef SHA-256: f79cf825f67e2bc2f6d85fb44f25b1129c68827df6747fc8f355f1faefedac9f
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the intent to trick users into downloading malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=new+heinemann+maths+year+4+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.creativetalentnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2510581215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/67916945567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58353756393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/ruxutipenanopiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exima.kr/userData/board/file/51486480990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mulitowexaminubemuvol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncfc.com.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85254358046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyday.ru/files/files/gelunona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunway.me/ROOT_PATHuploads/file/061906482476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315f9e41068---43385925637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/86589836144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsagco.com/Upload/file/noberokalanililapoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://360clothing.in/home/www360cl/public_html/uploads/images/files/25020247800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alohasafaris.com/files/17633760425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldplastsolution.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reylab.com/userfiles/file/rujezolox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parkettworld.com/upload/files/48621049908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135bda23ec46---34848604498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reitinguok.lt/userfiles/file/68021270832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f3204688c9---32968262765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dochoiotovn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/jupovizot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okfilm.kr/userData/board/file/63701839700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yaslibakicisi.net/userfiles/file/muginunorozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sz-nuoyi.com/Upload/file/2021090205124898740.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_off0000ee70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE70 19228 bytes
SHA-256: c2bfcd159f07202d9e0c1ec772ec5d39cedb655a57dde28434ddafffaa563cc8
font_01_sfnt_off0001211d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1211D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013934.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13934 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 18ac84ceca002ef09cfc5dcf2840cd7648ab418606231d264db967f6a131a8dd