Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 294fdb40bd675891…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-07-22 03:10:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 40a141a4a993e7dcc51c6719a35d0bc1 SHA-1: f85e0d888087e7c7585c0e3987dac50b81ee96e8 SHA-256: 294fdb40bd6758912c28019671f6cd0234f17d6f129686ee36feb37b1b016a5f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting domains, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://studiolorenzino.eu/userfiles/files/vedadererazufowutomakibi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a03779e7652---62020403368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3e52a1c6e---zotavozifowalin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantalife.nl/userfiles/file/3296279913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecotranslation.ca/upload/editor/file/4671652248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889cb28a136---xupilutapujazob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12173663282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/mexevodatewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/idj50vf6e1srh4gme9lodjq7sp/37491460842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/dawekete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/268t7uu8a9p6h96ie4n2ied4l3/babosuvuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608163b8e5439---zovawalejux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurpinar.com/img/userfiles/files/65916765786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c6232b1f6---41111675270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridgefieldpark1967.com/clients/3/39/39eebdc8797e30ee23d4fd57d071fd44/File/vogodufej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaiboxes.com/piceditor/file/64077787166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757774181d2---dirilewokodevuvenaragetaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f68d7989499---tiwanelegamokagewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da610654f8---pifagopedigilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e3ddd0243---sekodalovufaboxurilolitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osakadentalcare.com/contents//files/21815829700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/suredivesobanejubajobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f09dc61a7---getepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bi-kiesabbau.de/cmsimple/images/file/74020302093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607444a2443be---27508877858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigyikesmedia.com/home/xtremweb/public_html/consultinstitute/web/upload/files/melulorojufise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+old+are+the+stars+we+seePDF 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_off0001188c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1188C 10224 bytes
SHA-256: 41df0feb850258c4df1bb2397e53bccf94a4d155ab9dc3881be235d4c6889eee
font_01_sfnt_off00012fad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000147bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147BF 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 899c113f343172ce35f8e5d6f59e92f860fbe3d571733a662c42339e053cc7a6