Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 289fc64844b952c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 09:02:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ae6dab22997165a3573be10b64a6ed56 SHA-1: 5fa43f247f6a2424e354692dcf509e7dbff7107a SHA-256: 289fc64844b952c77647ef9437b75bebd8e662b42a3fecb25a184ea8ce013484
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to potentially malicious content hosted on various domains.

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://derey.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/46080760032.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ewastexperts.com/userfiles/files/98338975441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d2e95aa7a3c37771e8f88867132aa6b/zoxipaxenalajexiviwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3573ac49c9---5591805292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca8965e5e4e8f098e1d981be39847f49/xuzuropef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://embassyinvietnam.com/webroot/img/files/66232509310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/37056120469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadclassof1991.com/clients/c/cc/cc689d7a74a098ef67b43942063c7ff9/File/53677345832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46pa5oat8rniklaem4ugpm7ifc/14399825522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754ede83d40---90275810704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mqd53uahq9nt3pdlvpbu5edo7/kajixewimirokanafasegakeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/95110050325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/xetewotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cf57d3d7d683062c126b82da9ab9f91/2666677869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hataylezzeti.com/resimler/files/56977472817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/nagiwoxapilekabevapuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xogufubovul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8fa027fbb2e2b95d58d0f6ca88b7949/kuvemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//pezazati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://champaigncursillo.com/userfiles/file/doxedubepinaxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palenice.net/obrazky_clanky/file/24294455029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n2nlah.org/UserFiles/file/13971370271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1f8cea4ab---pasujepuxufazuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a71fe8eebb552195f0551fa49a8b8e6c/zodopip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=sulphuric+acid+examplesPDF 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_off0000e241.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE241 16368 bytes
SHA-256: a6962f0af3d8dbf6f5f366a8e1ba0fe26d2955f09789ce3bb8cdda146eeb161f
font_01_sfnt_off00010cca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CCA 10736 bytes
SHA-256: ad21fb5067533ee9c0264e16c3185cf6bd58a0510cbc203a8483f36d55237a7b
font_02_sfnt_off0001256f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1256F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1