Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 293274240ffc5ff0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-08-07 08:59:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 86c2964303082ddc770248634e908dea SHA-1: 4ccff2bf5be9e9cf492c39fb12bc5bfc505556ae SHA-256: 293274240ffc5ff098a163d72e32ba8670595285bf243a261580cebe5a7cd253
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites used for hosting malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive use of link farms suggests a tactic to bypass initial detection and lure users to malicious content.

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nihongo+sou+matome+n3+pdf
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160efe35649fa3---57600628256.pdf
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8d8efdca1edb8fddf06d6b05d756a39/zosetuvuf.pdf
    • http://wijnhuis-vaessen.nl/site/data/ws/files/55473590567.pdf
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d19ffa1ea0---53292901910.pdf
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h2gig3hra9nqbsdegpmgipt7tr/65277646845.pdf
    • http://komodovo.ru/upload_picture/kixeb.pdf
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb78dac324---jatujisuxisatel.pdf
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onuv7o0i5b2v08id8p6g6opr91/15902350668.pdf
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608204987a5cc---xalutiwide.pdf
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9491171aee---14764900029.pdf
    • http://lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wedemalin.pdf
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/4384557219.pdf
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/wukok.pdf
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092dca4d17ac---mirajexazikiwurawoloj.pdf
    • https://leuphuotcamap.com/uploads/image/files/75616542675.pdf
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/wiwiwibasipo.pdf
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/dapoxitowafagatiret.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/22663085648.pdf
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/97392473101.pdf
    • https://shoppingplanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88280729667.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768ada09a9a---legomuk.pdf
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/26786476417.pdf
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a997b028107---lubexini.pdf
    • 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_off0000e31e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE31E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb35.bin
5efdca272bb4f7b84b7aae5efcae20c59bd58fc9a1d3748313b28d74665d6999
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB35 11048 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001149c.bin
62f22a68f6eeb7b72e5393c0a53a953a4f5865bd97e51c02e8ff32e56926729a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1149C 17012 bytes