Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29bb0843b2bc21c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 22:51:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e66146556b7abb8c5a4d16f28bde1c4d SHA-1: f2ccb4d8de84b3c284fb27a6ef3fed2128ee3f3d SHA-256: 29bb0843b2bc21c4135e364cc75e1c564c98c80af1ffeda307e497695014cbe5
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs further supports a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=beyblade+code+scan PDF link annotation
    • http://atreve.eu/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/13250155103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161351c4d17dd1---kebuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmsz.com/upfolder/e/files/20210908030345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/jifufulubiwefutudodajuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cestovni-postylka.eu/userfiles/file/39830185445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21856698230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tbsva.org/Upload/files/20210906221311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamdq.com/filespath/files/20210902181838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fleuriste79.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kotofevubijebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oasishs.com/uploads/files/20210902_005513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/jojedopisawefiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/bafabusuzegivutovemesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7bfbe867777da7a299490df716c7a4d/fikokusola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petikdaun.com/contents/files/14820752273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maszyny.pl/userfiles/file/52709107947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamwn.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/28887580592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/91267430450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614014bee7bce---39606454415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72002c31e9da01eb8793feccec0757d8/87443831195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.com/userfiles/file/57796690605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top-caster.com/userfiles/file/jetewutawubavuzifemoguke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yhbinternational.com/userfiles/file/50128192667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cepatdaftargroup2.com/contents/files/dosebijobufak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangphatdanang.xetnghiemadndanang.com/uploads/image/files/geludijevixoxifavava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbyshoe.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/75297887973.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_off0000dfd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFD5 18348 bytes
SHA-256: 01c470982678a080673c4b1f81e804aa31983dee830cd311934d96cde7806935
font_01_sfnt_off00010f2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F2B 10380 bytes
SHA-256: bd4ae277a0f86d7d33644dd007b2dc451fba2b06187c31cd86a951629cf4b0e4
font_02_sfnt_off000126ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1