Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04fe00b99fc0ccca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:16:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e3f44701f199c293e1c5c5c96529c047 SHA-1: 699f5785d4130ea9106ef8109a170d765d7cdcf7 SHA-256: 04fe00b99fc0cccabd9eb84c746746ca22190ded1e1e603d7564d7f22630a46e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites, indicating a link farm likely used for SEO poisoning or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs further support the link farm and potential phishing or malware distribution strategy.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://hoilhpnqbthanh.com/upload/file/7010960355.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba82f15d5a5---xazizewamubetavas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/58567469826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samsung-service-center.ru/uploads/files/kufegimubibovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quanhoangtsi.com/upload/quangtri/files/zenegosexujuxemulidil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medob.org/SITE/files/editor/file/18984293027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcc0fd2d175b3fbf84664fcc1752c559/29445832000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609234463b9e5---84187846059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olddieselparts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37234514795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12c2a79cf9715cc433998a12a6d30c0e/javugotagatarunilubunuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/opgap38jilmb7u3c0nl2strth2/barejalapojonekemiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ef629b243ac68ee344599532e7cb834/35693605721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75b1ea7431f638fa4519bddc898d143a/xepunusifadaweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210624203042325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/79543216607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohvacdr5b7o091l4cijhv5pb7g/punepedoziwofudozinelal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/092104385530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895a5d83eab---zilojubit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soportedevida.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18941015270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4133e4bc0e88005fccc58645d8b358da/falarabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juvelyrikoscentras.lt/Files/file/wodudifagazivobike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b8d32f067502dece33e5b8b6832e02a/56906148301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beta-rc.com/upload/files/88183099046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092159b52eec---44481420696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608212da1e8a2---58839989681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=mp3+songs+free+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000e875.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE875 10824 bytes
SHA-256: 23b02f9b1711abad91dd0e927ae573699a78f7d2fabe61840c4fbec61b833684
font_01_sfnt_off00010165.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10165 16676 bytes
SHA-256: 8aac19e63bda0100cd1594e224c958c7125d220d27e82f9e8f4a23314ca5ca57
font_02_sfnt_off00012c74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C74 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1