Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 293436b040fa4fa1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 18:50:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 77a8d9d216f6afce55c172f64c807a83 SHA-1: dd81d0e7f1a6f16f78871a6956d53c912e1b276d SHA-256: 293436b040fa4fa12a51a68d733ef0ad83fdbf6bb9a3a3752574e28607423a54
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple disposable domains and compromised CMS uploads, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://st03.it/userfiles/files/33367248002.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141de2bcfb67---kogevevova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unite-chem.cn/upload/files/topidigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chochosanencino.com/uploads/files/93355187006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calisnt.com/uploads/files/28192867141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ea64473da---kowikozaxagopuzidilidog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafehinglung.com/uploads/files/mijodumusafowobusugaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c3c6a0ce6f4bf3678bcce7e7d4484a2/firulisopunovigibagukobis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futimisdev.com/userfiles/file/88934474440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/30667040641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progetec.org/userfiles/files/73848470091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaledellasignora.it/userfiles/files/49738137232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slkuang.com/v15/Upload/file/20219172054131964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominant.name/userfiles/file/87498125656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanchuyenduongsat.vn/upload/files/jevirugub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/40412519705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanyangsteel.com/files/fckeditor/file/59526053461435273bcddc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/wetigofafanazibejak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medbillings.us/lightspeedweb1/file/30090133561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyosserspneed.com/userfiles/files/relekowusogalubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161351c82c45f5---senukuzorikipofomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.s4b.nl/upload/files/48551098297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130e846601d6---69355412197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=stickman+ninja+2+ultimate+ninja+warriorPDF 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_off0000ca5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA5E 17740 bytes
SHA-256: 6bcc639ae7c4a486c65bc9bd21bd881e7b52cacf4473b4cd62703b42e48c9742
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110F6 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 6a8aa48a2eb8193272f85ab46f9848a6daa2f3c74d11d7b1e5260b8cdcfa954d