Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29b77a6e770bbd15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-08-30 22:51:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 73ed862cad29b6a21773a430f62027ea SHA-1: eb217cd1cc89e58ae364a58533993c480fb651b6 SHA-256: 29b77a6e770bbd1520d1294fa81e0750a7f96b738cca628895d8096cc57c3121
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is a link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests links to compromised WordPress upload storage. These findings, combined with the ML classifier's high confidence, strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=software+architecture+specification PDF link annotation
    • https://hiddencliff.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210609_D2249E3439D0F939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed068bd72bce2b6e75dc6c0a4302e285/jomumigeferi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamday.com/userfiles/file/xabudakujorezaxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarklawtexas.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/48215716922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntwbearing.com/UserFiles/File/vuvuxusazejagerif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5011df5c1ffb530f59c4c5acf4c14ab/ririmad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fdcc9bb297---widunubiriwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://room12shio4.com/contents//files/15801318741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021510159155344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/71677809207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837c02de632---89233394181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arebiatours.com/uploads/files/nipudafefutaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halongbaycruises.org/upload/files/10290452610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michelbarbot.com/upload/files/dopive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210606003029191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/47237665602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/83976707728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/xulemaluxubaledulutir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfd21ff090b890724cacbf3a2c9a30c0/63766476387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecoevopublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/92509644059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609498132f942---68003234167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aodaixuan.vn/app/webroot/upload/image/files/59507538377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/linisesisetanovapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c334be1defc6cfe28d87fa6032ed9c2/4069711494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/dadiwilojaxaveredosiloni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanxuantravel.com/upload/files/99717995812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2f1d17aa52d0bfb1adfd186d0b06119/widirejuxadiner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fc85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC85 17416 bytes
SHA-256: f70cf0264042832fb05fd667e946ec2271c2e7eac6d34676c66e6426aa3caeed
font_01_sfnt_off000129b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000141cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141CF 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 06fa203d6d743fa66e6d6ca01882e5fd42e9cc88fadf634f1ef8bbd56ae68010