Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29235fa463094c3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 18:29:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cef53aaad6ea7429110a3b617407abc7 SHA-1: 569a39393d739bf97c42ec9c79a3a8d6e1df364c SHA-256: 29235fa463094c3c1673cb1687a98fe5d33b1ab7c009ad05eba82a41d6e33e43
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The presence of numerous links on disposable hosting further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3925b7c33e---45451722914.pdf
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad936a89265---54528325418.pdf
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984e5164918---vujirepukudejatixe.pdf
    • http://tycoonmedical.com/userfiles/file/21165960326.pdf
    • http://tpokebar.com/uploads/files/40853577285.pdf
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd30c662c2535b7c9477d4dda153e1c5/32679070941.pdf
    • http://okfilm.kr/userData/board/file/65027135898.pdf
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/96680514664.pdf
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a335db8ed3---38688182343.pdf
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eoumesg3i8p0o2c524nttnd6s7/75489310862.pdf
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a27b6cad4---luvamebikosabetodidenoger.pdf
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a909527c7634a697b60c4264dc645908/doguxurewawawomuse.pdf
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dnnvuf8tnu3m7vmddcg98ecqgc/97892735383.pdf
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/lugigeniduwowixejelagi.pdf
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a00dab399d---13715565697.pdf
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acbc98dd25ac0c784f947d5596814bd2/wifimirukuju.pdf
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/21897601828.pdf
    • https://cochleartudaskozpont.hu/files/wimaxi.pdf
    • http://kme-kme.cz/files/file/13462528731.pdf
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/depararafip.pdf
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c300ee3ac0f---36349133940.pdf
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///zevuxebosodukabanuko.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=the+bad+batch
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f182.bin
92b8c92a9b7abf34dad2075e18b6e97dcd3c3dbf61329755416c9a5eb3554996
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF182 17740 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012076.bin
ca33b82138641fbdc1a75ad6ca12f43927f547f8f78372d0047840b5f4beb774
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12076 9940 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001368b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1368B 16792 bytes