Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29a2c115a4fab558…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 08:02:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5ab97947de641da53785a0dacb032d47 SHA-1: f10e224b0e352434f295bc3e1373773498f12dff SHA-256: 29a2c115a4fab558d563b4f653e56f3822558452168605c4f315e2a6ff3b2123
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mouml9vp1thpte4ra83bgoqgar/29317299281.pdf
    • http://montgomery71.com/clients/34132/File/7436854227.pdf
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18agj6103qduob3p7kf64j0127/xatasozenutavilafo.pdf
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e59532a887d5e1d70733f0939173a1c/80949113483.pdf
    • http://geraldkleinlaw.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobavolukirimiporis.pdf
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20481714378.pdf
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7342152324---taduvudiluxoxilesuki.pdf
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/wudoxabotof.pdf
    • http://www.buildingmalawi.com/images/uploaded/documents/lulasozipuxodujit.pdf
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a3ad3e0ee1a184bc55f5b7af3765219/38985100716.pdf
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b321f45753c---numojoxagujidiv.pdf
    • http://kinocosmik.ru/sadm_files/86497473918.pdf
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19280926043.pdf
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0e8c0092359b412af06934956d33b00/86650214564.pdf
    • http://northcity.rs/slike/files/besemelawutube.pdf
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2ankp2arc5mng5bn2n8i9mq03/11537794733.pdf
    • https://pui-vital.ro/msg_media/file/85908139343.pdf
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/24878257780.pdf
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9d020cffaddad43f9f1dc3f028b9a5b/32173799946.pdf
    • http://dh-cell.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20182900874.pdf
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872220460b0---40557026349.pdf
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/zajireduvekijuzinemomopok.pdf
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4fd3f1f27---74026174057.pdf
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnqihkdrs76e4chth664ssa3d3/70442497914.pdf
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827596063e7---45508926978.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=agronomy+book+by+reddy+and+reddy+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c3a6.bin
aba3e264ed30eabc90785faeb62af57b663f5150b9cefbd3463cc18b97c57ccf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3A6 10764 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbfd.bin
4b23736d5b24fbd931210581db34a96a9164fe076581c53185b5c52012c7f3d3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBFD 16212 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000105f7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105F7 16792 bytes