Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 296a85a202a8dfb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-18 18:37:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 47bfb3f4ce17054dd6601fb5c23cff13 SHA-1: b9ac29f551b887026b4be372d38b6ad7b5bd3088 SHA-256: 296a85a202a8dfb7808e708d4a3c9c7f459ccc73b7b12911162fedac7b9137b5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary function appears to be redirecting users through a series of links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://blueyee.com/upload/file/140330022235.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/25798729442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608310b0d70ae---7114205291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehwa.info/uploaded/file/23714108698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c37156c0c7038762b694a833107dfb4f/31056863080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e30e5e1ce31---liguvufujuwubuvorarinidog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/65048877862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harvestrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/194bbc2095c63415306c80073ad4da6e/22629151456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12ecc0adf70ebefd55ec9e494e0213e3/73512806533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoealora.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tapujabuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4785dc017a---gijozidobewodaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldarim.ir/basefile/hoteldarimir/files/rexixanojepuperemosomivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2nmhptfeltmc8jjhf3eo5qqhj2/74246800821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertcomptablecourreges.fr/michel_courreges/userfiles/file/75588795654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.com/users//file/xexelugukenifiwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drthchowdary.net/userfiles/file/53262303011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jevades.com/aircraft/fckimages/file/71122568579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16075c13c72956---46101371041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d7cbb4e02---musupopipetenijemapikosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8dd4a3a33364ef16d7b99a97c9a03bc/34327637954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenld.com/userfiles/42434991959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f013f218ba---60829115100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b43bcba70c0---69276912075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4fe994444---poloveduditejopid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=honey+cure+ulcerPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e04c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE04C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f85e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF85E 17180 bytes
SHA-256: 06a9c31114749207eddb707601c037c7341d487da08e8885293567523e83fde0
font_02_sfnt_off000124c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124C4 9908 bytes
SHA-256: 550cf6d2060beadfb0728e4706f727d1f4bffcdae85e5897654be092461f787d
font_03_sfnt_off00013ab1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AB1 18276 bytes
SHA-256: 16ef6c97139397662582d19f5c81e78cd103b396be0da0ff7a3eb74d00fcef32

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