Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe79360d72725693…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 13:10:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 24415d01dc0f9f288e85fc8c9c5717e2 SHA-1: 8f17cb1c8ea21e879f9a5148302d6cd0b7b8763e SHA-256: fe79360d72725693e7c780fec2798eb0a543c4a62305272415ac2370a2b9e0c0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also features a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=i+think+i+love+you+quotes PDF link annotation
    • http://traktor-tv.de/sites/default/files/file/27114135940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philipp-haberland.de/images/upload/file/mokepowegojivisebopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/20455311004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jainfarms.com/uploads/84034344040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halanmilk.com/upload/files/riwepanawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/84328339339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhsuasolieu.com/media/files/76266542812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noxsun.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210912171045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/77114310295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proia.bg/userfiles/file/musofumawelinijeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/14448600111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/26118410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613966b4114e5---47453224151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fetogram.com/images/upload/files/94558190135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizergranulators.com/d/files/lepedutegijiserariwila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbzl-pro.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/19019092439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekitchendesignstudio.org/uploads/files/rodewewes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613398a429896---nidanejarixegirab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suliaok.com/v15/Upload/file/202191195024503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samirkumarpaul.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91508625201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canshu.dlzj.net/upload/files/20210908232107388974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mozoresumuwoxaxosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6l6orh2bdvthkvfr0cfg79pa03/vonetukodafogozebisejug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expobar.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/87295268120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personnelstrategies.net/userfiles/file/medotikelixufis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiloverca.com/uploads/files/xagogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuraniterbiye.com/resimler/files/nununubug.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_off0000fc2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC2E 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 5ef686961058de19e72d9b8bdf3643d4b66991f503fadd5ac75e7a47f5540c06
font_01_sfnt_off000113bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113BB 18076 bytes
SHA-256: d74d49545c73f0038410100cafd70edd066691eaa54fe4b1512ede791717a351
font_02_sfnt_off000141e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1