Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 299afa3c7b2df5fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:01:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c1a67410a3f74264aa73527aba85af80 SHA-1: a5829ee3c807ccf577f820430a2566568cbd3706 SHA-256: 299afa3c7b2df5fee6873c78b88766fa206ea45e7a00594c6f3eea8cff5c0829
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a deceptive workflow. The file's structure and numerous external links indicate it is likely used to redirect users to malicious sites for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 https://upbilbao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43100885260.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de82da42905---81820558463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7un2ru6g3av9fh8pq6f6fjv0k/mutakopofevaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neonatal-surgery.ru/userfiles/files/56219766446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leilehua76.com/clients/4/4d/4d80c013f15dbe3c797666a457780dca/File/tapulowowanunopowojaneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabin4kids.org/clients/0/05/050cd0fff5f75fdfd14851583cc0de74/File/65227914340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vasazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igruppe.no/ckfinder/userfiles//files/68521671094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parethumukalchurch.com/uploads/file/wowiwosomaseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06b890241af53e590340b94105eee4ea/rofipagigudofuvujipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609962cbdab83---12654792200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/gajisezezewunovivoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab1cff2bbd8---nofunexenosudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslplastic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dokoxifakujoxagotumal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f303d89a4d61ef4c021bf6b76ff37595/fawatob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609492edb1d29---sajojisuximegivipudux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4cdf75bl2joujnja8k4pc33af/58663266810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohdiabo.net/images/ckeditor/files/89470948786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bomtvplus.com/data/board/file/20210618042606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee4npjpqbe988rsbuitvepi0pd/47336273553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leposeur.fr/site/upload/ckfinder/files/77789430991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/35678486288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dceb817b0414259b67adb7ff8f10b39/20167804160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlevitin.ru/fck_editor_files/files/xinovefogoxemusekum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/29745782629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=grade+9+english+module+k+12+pdf+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000e619.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE619 11620 bytes
SHA-256: 9422f302813c0e5c3f5c138798170cb2f40d8ab71d916b0bfd5d640b0e37efb0
font_01_sfnt_off00010175.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10175 18384 bytes
SHA-256: e06aa3e3ad2ed52b48d5613b6ec475609894a60737dd31d7d31adec254b906ee
font_02_sfnt_off0001313a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1313A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1