Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29244bf6db8aa97f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 20:53:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a569bc5e7c1190fc2c995706f947139a SHA-1: 9c5cf8161baab8d035beca3f8a323badfc7febee SHA-256: 29244bf6db8aa97f05b812863d576a25c62d2aff5869a6cef6f3dde6ae4595de
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm pointing to potentially malicious content, including compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a deceptive attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://phucatgarment.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/neduga.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://oriental-kitchens.com/userfiles/files/fupabataxotudaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landroverbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sedabito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lemarko.com/userfiles/file/34855204431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snbedu.com/uploadfile/file///2021090309445834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613596da3a369---477315350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibrka-school.org.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22900370035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotojursa.cz/userfiles/file/1639322744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drtamerturan.com/file/90760667328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/mivusafemutixas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holycrosshealthcare.com/userfiles/files/fivexiwizedikepogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japan-railpass.info/images/blog/file/mawarakemizuwebibazarir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikol-styl.cz/userfiles/file/jawagupiwemixapedawifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdb4b6b9cc---85935993567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avon-bratislava.com/files/files/mitezupamirati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369e1e16588---66358631567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc-israel.ru/upload/files/1619750623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inijariku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nebibop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtreurope.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zenijosezigowitagigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87879178625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-recepty.sk/images/fotky/bazojaxozumumijaletolosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theflowermaker.com/uploads/File/79329784031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plewmal-d.com/Uploads/files/91448345936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/3594681597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/wobijilezepuxelefom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=fast+and+furious+7+yifyPDF 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_off0000c826.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC826 10408 bytes
SHA-256: 65cc2556175c3458c3933b93bce7b4a0e2d1ef26e66f2c28956ee62bf021c426
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfe2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE2 20548 bytes
SHA-256: ad706bf135e9bc01c3920e4156a66ebfaf61b037df721200542fe889dd2032ee
font_02_sfnt_off00011606.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11606 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1