Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29adafb305dc78d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 13:55:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c916ae73c19f9acd7475490f181e8847 SHA-1: 07b4bb4d3c8629ac0eac8302c0d5c231dc240215 SHA-256: 29adafb305dc78d5cb34293026bddae792e8664f83190b7e5b0872d211865fd8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is designed as a lure, presenting itself as an image to trick users into clicking a link. The linked content is another PDF hosted on a compromised WordPress site, indicating a multi-stage attack. The ML classifier strongly suggests malicious intent, and the presence of numerous links to potentially compromised or disposable hosting reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://abriganature.centralcms.cloud/galeria/files/mozikofupusutome.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://randygordonlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/46626283536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-vv.dk/userfiles/file/42379025825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://61kidsclub.com/userfiles/file/lifosekokugafaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungquanghieu.com/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/dusomuvagaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indagosrl.it/userfiles/files/wamutaladed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/reruritili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chineseclothingonline.net/File/mapisurezosup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/pukogerumoxubalal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/036eddc4c5bb62c8d738d5149ccb0d2f/17061020706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133fe55953ad---xatatevopomovolifarelajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indirimlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/kerojudoked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagelight.pl/userfiles/files/66565214910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f1eb138e7a---31889545540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cornaredo.gattinonimondodivacanze.it/themes/userfiles/files/77789701820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitaco.com/uploads/images/files/50409061499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/diluru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njbeihang.com/uploadfile/file///2021090922415644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pcetravel.com/files/file/68108472567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mccartha-cobb.com/userfiles/files/45007729897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirilmazbardak.com/userfiles/file/87727887765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zegaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/45190299473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tichdiem.surecare.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/sugimitorusulim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhtractor.com/d/files/famunekotabokegewomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=android+idm+apk+full+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000b153.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB153 14204 bytes
SHA-256: 8338ea7645bf2b606f94540b6ffdb409dae5372b4ea9620907c13e25e13344c3
font_01_sfnt_off0000d48d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD48D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000eca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA4 10652 bytes
SHA-256: be3b8aef0dc5faa0bfeac4ed388864e243464d5d25064e55798a1de563c45ef5