Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29244cfd95f2ffdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-07-22 19:54:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e75b1def4101a6cca02d68f455d7dbb4 SHA-1: 554d7b8efd4080a1f09e33a15de86a38006e9793 SHA-256: 29244cfd95f2ffdd7c35f03f68e3fa4c8bf29dca6aee4635923efd87555f7165
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Static analysis revealed it functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites. This suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/peforobo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://menuiserie-sainte-anne.fr/userfiles/file/noxujawufetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828c7e04ece---90770476231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bendhigh1970.com/clients/1/10/106e6567aa8bd3cecf4080670b11bd10/File/mojipolenetorenef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f102dcc016d---xavebofalusefopideta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/luninutiperafila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nucamsa.es/userfiles/files/95290901812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/2091417520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094048b32941---93572315316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/512a481c113c88bde073e3aabbd6f82d/riluxavuganafipasozufuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akhsmombasa.com/clients/861898/File/nixefovonafidazado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jimmartinfamilyreunion.com/clients/35696/File/lolifoxapivifojetavapimif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdrum-music.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/fegibekimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf1577f67a---65152022408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/507357ca13f9d8e9ab8e83df794a6574/rapakuxibofibex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/84789770004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/91430714936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160deeda0224e4---95790686092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samoinstitute.mn/uploads/assets/file/71680181109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperten.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/vored.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/94131883502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/71814993341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754d3caa0da---sasugimerumonatifiben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c68f4ad378b---nonubexul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03a56cb426441c68ac9d6154efcc4039/44739090534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=are+you+afraid+of+the+dark+sidney+sheldon+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000c661.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC661 15904 bytes
SHA-256: 143cf36167aa2a92f0a1c2ab85acf3d009f21c1c5ecd1dae1bb152df5f990510
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107A6 10968 bytes
SHA-256: f73feae8dfbdcfdc4adc7a6c5701f25d4517c81b1d064e6c8bfa6345df00930d