Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f79d8ea3bb27ddac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 22:12:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 26484e6a9dc0465317b2ae3413d970ab SHA-1: ba1e043ca8a04b5a2effcc4d5b1a313746418bad SHA-256: f79d8ea3bb27ddac44be7b0772563f63a002a22598b60a4ca752a3480e245d5b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous embedded URIs, including one pointing to a raw IP address, and links to compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of multiple external links suggests an effort to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/waxabili.pdf
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768d61505d2---lirifofufexim.pdf
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/55922174645.pdf
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84f3e3357e---benulebobokajame.pdf
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a6n8i03ju9lpqgiover0nlpc2/zolimepuresugabenaf.pdf
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcc28bd1283---29738585132.pdf
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1d649c376---3350287116.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a2eb863c58.pdf
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uppbhsogcidkqp2fpic5s8aak8/88770306273.pdf
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d989ac38ef7207de51cfcab9d8777fb/kasitutevaxuzudi.pdf
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44e5b3fd58---julexoxaseg.pdf
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rnec8nm11vsj47pv4l3ubgnt6t/49939219075.pdf
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q4ep3q9851s6tg9nmnb2h4uq5f/57241091161.pdf
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abfadd71aac---41353342252.pdf
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa786a2cb3---38102415337.pdf
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bgpofok4q3te6tkit39ajbp8k6/jibuvanavurago.pdf
    • http://standdominica.org/files/files/nofufi.pdf
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/wojimegetuzutujevagesox.pdf
    • https://berbagiangka.com/contents//files/3242429164.pdf
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/8915906800.pdf
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097fab5bb7cb---somukuwizokavakisugetimi.pdf
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74c362b3a50390dcdded79bf311416d8/21741921947.pdf
    • https://triosms.com/userfiles/file/tunanigomuxegu.pdf
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e99a8cfbe1de488989e5a0f7bf0721b/6257352300.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+clinical+psychology+pdf
    • 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_off0001a1ec.bin
f58c60abc862776b05e5e6ace290ef2467fa2173cadb133a37830a4309fe2977
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A1EC 10932 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001bb02.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BB02 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001d314.bin
9b14af828557c270ab9508250e0cf32530f516a7cdd567f6d65414e8f4a74693
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D314 18116 bytes