Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 296b33c151eca73c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB Created: 2021-07-21 14:54:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 80d13c98f4216fe809dc41034ae088bb SHA-1: 004cc6fd8b4b04076fb480cdf8c7dc0beee9863a SHA-256: 296b33c151eca73c6b0aa8b8b6169b442d828973a1a5d05aa08e369482ee908b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The presence of multiple external URIs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or direct users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://ligneus.hu/upload/file/46631788697.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://megashina24.ru/files/files/vuzawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844618d0ea1---14008881345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhongguohuachun.com/d/files/kikaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08ltdi1cslcd08ou5l47fj2b5h/vapizafamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daonshop.com/files/fckeditor/file/45812091072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b203fdb93ea30bfccb04d7e948f35f2/jajeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/tisenokigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhodium.vn/uploads/news_file/ropaxokevoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fdae85522---werobugasedoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/kavuvanituxajez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d09cd508bc8687b20b1624e3d2d8ca3/moweneji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradmissions.com/ci/userfiles/files/noxuletaregekop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6fb2c69563---minisufejadokam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irish-setter-zucht.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23132070969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160764ee28df92---zizepasuladinifuxomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ea8ce27f2a83e8c9b44794eaa706ad5/gajoredivasunegijuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f6b7102c9386610fddfa39f99fdd0b7/54504003655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b7b37115b---befisufanabimidofitugofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9dcf061d4---lexoxumumere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/vibukemipezuwowipazexoxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/42389480441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelijobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoseneca.com/userfiles/files/97190842569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a80dc621e49---fetapalatevulogidip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b65dfacc62bcfeabbded66159a24ab81/92133901072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8cd9c60598269f2b3daae14b2f48b2a/sizaminolukovugaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=landlord+breach+of+contractPDF 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_off00011775.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11775 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012f8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F8C 10408 bytes
SHA-256: ab734a23af98f6204eaed1536ab2718d39ae2dd35e0be2b72ee4aab33a23715c
font_02_sfnt_off000146f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146F8 17700 bytes
SHA-256: 921ee37ac3c5724ffd39374f259d3cd29b62776e8ca309ebcaff3e0477331b68