Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 297335d959009aac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 16:15:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 59078a285a5bb53069889c0c952f2e1d SHA-1: 52c389740765a714edfc9c59a0e70ad2860216b7 SHA-256: 297335d959009aac9c008a0f4a72bd3434ddb67aaf9525e5fed9d55f09ae6938
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous websites, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to external sites via embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://cottoneauto.it/userfiles/files/46860992776.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f6ea421ca---zonaxopogilanojar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d39cf4f3d02---66024091739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607007f9dfece---vovagozus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/503cda386d954a41f80dc7c2024672b6/fitukuranomemusadosizire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086156a4a833---78769836924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zafirkort.com/uploads/files/basafokofukew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecotrans.vn/upload/userfiles/files/42363520245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fc09fae3e3f9e5c155861dcc6e82684/8256107764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alusol-kw.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bojewosowixedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/78359089793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858836b4210---kusen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c2cb4571c---xodovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebre.org/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/18259970346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862cf6aeaf3---951551525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/96904286443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hocikto.info/userfiles/file/45023507227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/pejefomafosetukovabolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbnjl.com/userfiles/files/66447133562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/48089183787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b9715ba600---85101113411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740371cf083---75360665264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/19200888793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0280dae74b1b76e07879324a25fc9ef/89182729292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63f497e2f957541940900b8ed1f24d3b/29272953741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1f80bef1b---vajokasoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083cc51b4ff3---pajinovek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=bomb+tower+clash+royalePDF 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_off0000f64d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF64D 19368 bytes
SHA-256: ff6c0bf5ca951e4c920f4c261d2d7949762669764c5deda28de1511b089e8f99
font_01_sfnt_off0001270a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1270A 10692 bytes
SHA-256: b98fd09a70d1b23099e989a5bf3cccd2d07f58ed41672f014495f8b3a7762c8b
font_02_sfnt_off00013fbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FBC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1