Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 292a322c03d9f130…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 12:43:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fdef8e325e3635b094f3f7a3d5e1a2e1 SHA-1: 65294d2c6af14d106e514ffcde78e6809f1555a6 SHA-256: 292a322c03d9f13062d49f037cb8ced8a97be6d89b4637b774377b3a9da1c0b4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity initiated by these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sewing+machine+cabinet+with+manual+lift PDF link annotation
    • http://azstorestudio.com/uploads/files/kivibijokovezidemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt1.com/contents//files/23080851623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160957538ad815---bubemizume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b039e9eab72---20515643285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.papelerialapiceros.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94331656118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osiindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xavonoduvef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d022344f07---torupipukifojodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ce4494bac---wumezavep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjbtrh.com/files/pic/file/94289825676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ex2010.com/uploadfile/file/2021072819484573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gca3bm52prppj1f43m52128s9q/36669179460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100ad14b2aef---vanifipegaluwori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tj-1970-50yr.com/clients/e/e8/e8fccb6fb94f20b6ca4375945b3939e1/File/16757167869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad6209a42d318f104539602a3518c83b/98678483363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blagoustroystvo24.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64746182274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morrisjones.co.uk/EditorImages/file/86238903615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/13754828165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gabrielamaciel.net/images/content/file/zatibexaravovozigiref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc082ca00d5f4b7ba321acba1d7b519c/54151406040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbienco.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/romemax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608651ca5f5b7---98018654191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7500cd75c---17236674023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/40447657071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dac2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAC2 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 1c4399a23806e62fc2d3653ec42661694026c868f4288f91443e1fd898c4ebc4
font_01_sfnt_off0000f388.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF388 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B9A 17604 bytes
SHA-256: e0eeed6e9b2c48268f6f6a3bedfeb462b32265b2119412b53547a87a2b8de60d