Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2529e42ae8fd0264…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-10-20 08:49:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4310f25e9568889d2ec7afd7ca74078d SHA-1: 37aade50295dbda01eeb71a6fd5ed650c702b71e SHA-256: 2529e42ae8fd02649e012089836cdbd2771b4bf764cd99bbea6af2427e82c210
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.kingsmen-cmti.com/upload/files/77527211105.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://klusjesindex.nl/images/uploads/vafonutorefelabiwujuxexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiloverca.com/uploads/files/vezezoxoperipawelajil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133539944f17---91532017372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.retake.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40872299908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suspensionestg.mx/userfiles/file/81103198388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anbuadidravidarmatrimony.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87444374924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/39503171334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88129880633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viveironativodevicosa.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55059928650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-10-19/20211019062347351419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firesystem.ro/imagini_ws/47289268744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/fasaxufenazusunoxefekera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaodantanthaison.com/Images_upload/files/79431534602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fabotojarumefemexus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3ffe54ee3028bbe86827cc1ebc09231/17053882767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconltd.pl/cache/file/27194221784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoron.net/up/files/debezowotawepivele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tagsu.com/attachments/fckattachments/file/66614520175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laserinnsbruck.com/static/wedemuvaserifibaxuzovejew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsagco.com/Upload/file/lonukonabaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnjhanoi.com/upload/files/17251423245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/51229835920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d3c06ab877---lukivezewugepebakitev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/leditozesedodowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/tgwjJlsMqHc/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+investigatory+project+topics+for+class+12+cbsePDF 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_off0000daa7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAA7 19044 bytes
SHA-256: ab06e948771fda5dbbd43d6cb3c99630cca349354c9cb9094640aebddef447d0
font_01_sfnt_off00010bf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001240a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1240A 11580 bytes
SHA-256: 29810ca15dd2fb648fefeb172d7496a73d7adc04849df75a37068451ffd29b05