Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0299f6c295329f19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:33:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 0e56bd7cb5292d2256ec3731a7ac7a8b SHA-1: 972951ba6884c60ac332edfe718fe120444fbdb6 SHA-256: 0299f6c295329f199e883fc09e762b2b82872676da5c1007e7b6a78612c564b6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm hosted on a compromised WordPress site, which is a common technique for distributing malware or leading users to phishing sites. The presence of multiple unknown URLs suggests a broad distribution attempt, likely originating from a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137555248022---pavupenejo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cursosadistanciayonline.com/medios/files/tevek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apgr.eu/UserFiles/file/14501231728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chizclean.ru/files/fck/file/dewisiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gursakaryahukuk.com/images/file/vomavunubovijizuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxm.pl/userfiles/file/35326681802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cfaegaianascente.pt/portal/userfiles/files/15726762559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c968edd590---dugomijinipovazux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56646407939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobardinisrl.com/userfiles/files/tesiresetudovosipowirup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161325699be35e---17436482154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/bimabezanunotarowajuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgs-on-track.com/app/webroot/userfiles/file/97083202529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyliver.ru/files/files/matipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laserinnsbruck.com/static/54571734095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccs-corporation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32133271952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsyjdq.com/v15/Upload/file/2021917156311041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scmsgroup.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lotirute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krassimirtaskov.com/userfiles/files/pitixaxarosokoguxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-trading-knotwork.com/uploads/media/gutaxarojoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vespaclubcagliari.com/userfiles/file/48617109973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23d2f4e1408560ee369cf85a9192c65a/29318043495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=app+to+play+music+from+android+phone+to+car+radioPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e6f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6F1 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 49bef8a1baad8b6b07d3e57b2ca6e629a3cdeb85161257f8c92db92d4459b9a8
font_01_sfnt_off000100a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000118b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118B6 17364 bytes
SHA-256: 769c703b207a985e0ad8c735ac0dc55d0b41412f3969e66064ed786fd3744fbb