Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 299ef64c1217be05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 07:43:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 71bf6520aba15a574ab61f6107516a69 SHA-1: 1a2373e3e07960221df9dc627fc3e50370e1b58a SHA-256: 299ef64c1217be0569ac754da0babfcc7bcb28aa7d971fc0ca88ba1a552900ab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised or disposable domains, likely to facilitate phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://psychologkmalinowska.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejusafesibogujosuvel.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uoqrus0n0l1dphsbosr3aqopqq/banamufakogupip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/wugusitudajutelon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daks-96.com/f/uploads/files/limosazanatozapetinogew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817e36c493c---xikusise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents/files/kukugaxadoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/uploadfiles/file/vubivuguxabozibejigafulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29adcc5565d42b92866079c4ff05bf4a/51272210695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viethanit.vn/hinhanh/file/rasaduvisobuvokedog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df12ace71b07a06f8284c5e08d564c3d/jezulexuxomilakabem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ucb8s3luttioqjd3ev4v1tvoe3/31457718846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b763117bdf3---bemamijokori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a9c5ad8ab3---tuwigekelulasujofew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/medotexajogixarurofanaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fjzy18.com/image/uload/files/16326360361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdd5365822---xebuletadagerudes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headlinesdinerla.com/uploads/files/roxekimejeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a372b20f519---18921922925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents//files/gupalejovuxile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607033f89eb4e---47480193429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943fe2e2f5a---nutedozadikonoweperusina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f00fa5aba684420de81726df8204e02/51972221751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/21472873551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avrig35.ro/uploads/fck_editor/file/75429537810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=change+word+to+pdf+macPDF 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_off0000e0aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C1 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 5172f9c8861579c10320335e210f2cd8bc23a8026a6efa145bcf1c8d78959415
font_02_sfnt_off00011198.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11198 18072 bytes
SHA-256: 44124f666d90d48eefb0e35f644f9246dd4c839965783a2310a1a8af533ebd61