Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 029378db2d43257f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 00:12:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 49112f53e556ce1667825ca08bfedd4c SHA-1: 0a17f79b23f745b8db50458f112828a3cd49fb08 SHA-256: 029378db2d43257ff5ff7fc3530d32ae22e0e0c4bc95d29813176cd5023815e8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and link farms strongly implies an attempt to deliver a second-stage payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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=yellow+leaves+on+tomato+plants
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10c0d84084---98721271631.pdf
    • https://arnetbilgisayar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/58547043007.pdf
    • http://trickorsuite.com/clients/5/5d/5d84d12f6f4dfd10bbe5497c884a5f3e/File/60132449296.pdf
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b566795293b---kajatonarikerolebofet.pdf
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b660f8b7e8e3e3aa45f792c109b510f/wafuwesoginibam.pdf
    • https://www.visitrwanda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b92a7435aca4ae857253c0e7f42bef8/35896514068.pdf
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/71774911194.pdf
    • http://menafundinfo.com/userfiles/file/54132266260.pdf
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/jezosatafi.pdf
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608faa28e7d61---42531015350.pdf
    • http://hoitruyengiaocodocvietnam.com/uploads/image/files/navulemeguzuva.pdf
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074cd4f837dd---loxivokevogoxapetevo.pdf
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20959812067.pdf
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/vagivemedutaguvaroduweru.pdf
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/bodilapotegidedenigoman.pdf
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/mibelawigot.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0393f4f80fac6dd9b3528d27db927a69/67197266905.pdf
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/xerakitapitukoxoxifigijo.pdf
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mg9vhec6va1m0lf30u7nv335a7/11988020210.pdf
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc07298beb5---6995363541.pdf
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b002a00e0d---zisufudevowejokumejeb.pdf
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc1c9deb1e862ab92e34430859ebd32b/95366587907.pdf
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ec554849c7562c986f7a9c48a93d578/29344611350.pdf
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l7viqsl9d9i6796qs6q1ndjl11/86335611304.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_off00010c6a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C6A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012481.bin
124d4f9128db1ed4595c9b23c9925e8d71b8e14a2a593b5402873cc0157a7850
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12481 10356 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013bf6.bin
0d2da7589c86abde19c0cfc46f7074f71fc671d3ae0d93415f43b8815a5e2631
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BF6 17168 bytes