Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 029635663c1b6e1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 11:58:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 11d5904d7b4b876d3710a6760dd73999 SHA-1: 34cb60be702bbfe2efc08de5e94fefefdbd42d67 SHA-256: 029635663c1b6e1e5dfd544b9816b06f0334ea9a49baf1b14024262a5aa4593d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that function as a link farm, directing users to potentially malicious websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI and compromised CMS upload links further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=live+nettv+v4+7+download PDF link annotation
    • https://gentrilieu.vn/userfiles/file/larudinaran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61823804648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisangka.com/contents/files/96776962781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intemhathanh.com/img_duhoc/files/sefikujuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futimisdev.com/userfiles/file/80717506702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22313245647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/16860511332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnig.friendship-match.com/upload/files/wezupunatarapuzipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zajazd-broadway.pl/galeria/file/13786015720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachtungcompany.com/upload/files/59557114063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2c9c4eccafa2862dbb1e1342e1bc6d3/61255308872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljjxmining.com/uploadfile/file///2021091414453715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infiniti.e-library.tw/uploads/files/zavojogotukodakawebaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/23015821097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://addon-colsman.somantec.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tifanavefefunuselub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18323488036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongchengtech.com/uploads/files/202109102249331369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/30370790049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conganbacgiang.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/nuzuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a46206714c---15873000274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciavictoriayjmleon.com/userfiles/files/komosamawobelepabisilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victoryelectricalsupply.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81963075920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/13074556785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140275ebd3fb---14997512194.pdfIn 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_off0000de3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f654.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF654 10208 bytes
SHA-256: 03db38e8fff0148cf6c7868df325468ffb6443410c856a0e307b6e785cea601c
font_02_sfnt_off00010d70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D70 17584 bytes
SHA-256: 700084f2c1fec20d9828ea67025d88e1f42dc4f862b3a9d3aeb1cc6d920b8bff