Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04db1b055847f575…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:24:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6a554c8e17b2be75c30c94adacf58345 SHA-1: dc5ac9f8e76e509c0c3a811c8a3ce8abf0af987a SHA-256: 04db1b055847f5751532eb790463eee1ce5d624c0c1df958c26a43b724c6bca2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised websites, many of which host other PDF files. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign where the initial PDF serves as a lure to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e5bc7d1370---13138705165.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca504dad9b9228f0dbcb806f87c71352/38529257184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77388dd54f1bb35bec8e2b763ac13cb5/95061084805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/nixafitofutivufok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yetisirkaucuk.com/firma/files/jowidadivaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samyenngochoang.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82sjcj7s8d7fdr86u9i85ndpcl/39739719387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/79305419079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/forajujig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaseguroseprevidencia.com/fotosempresa//files/givaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076552ceaf36---kimikosonodimobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8971c1921a---50358159518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/99202542815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanta-life.com/userfiles/file/lixelolipakuximulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maiodi.com/userfiles/files/dakerawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/94793005492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/34946484179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126bebaf1d41---12071351794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangnampools.com/contents//files/31805060681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ae37b1b19381f446adda4baf456f91a/19745473266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b441d41ef1e---valujiwalixowabemezexade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/252e542bcf7fade37519e201a987761e/tibakagelifigabonodofizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrumbiznesurawicz.pl/userfiles/file/dawalezologojiriferun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://life-worldwide.org/assets/uploads/files/60277298342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8ddcc00f27---sitozadiwawutijoruwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itfkarnataka.com/cvsprojects/SSK/Source/2.0.0/images/files/66848543073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=wow+classic+an+imp%27s+requestPDF 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_off0000d0d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8EF 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 7cb30d55ec951cce95016ae5b7bfcf799e3b1a3ea4ff83fbc1820f54d06ca0bb
font_02_sfnt_off0001022c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1022C 18772 bytes
SHA-256: 32fe802031a4e7c0e205c27139b7a4dd5b355952cab4253b55af35a1daac45b6