Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29c4c165b4d30926…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.1 KB Created: 2021-08-19 19:53:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8ff839eb9e4ffc3547eea703c2d222ff SHA-1: 840d61fd0803f6091f69c2a5bf5bfd8d6b9baeb6 SHA-256: 29c4c165b4d309269d13e80272f013c7c77b20e0a602fec3af77dd2e8f8bf8e8
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links, many hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to direct users to malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities or social engineering via the linked content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7821

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/31784287812.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/xitizadanemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dn81db9subjcgib12tvp97csdd/12359796794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6cf333ae5453d54b9e4538646a66a11/66477423101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoomkish.com/basefile/zoomkishcom/files/gexevidosexinajada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071140baccea---20365957225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/baxelofuvugiroxunug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc0d2cc3fe---24978433890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e1b38372b6568de81a95b95f9862587/54266643994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/lalexadamifesuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef044c780a---21111083255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowlingkillers.com/imgdb/files/gowijovumasudilufewizek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f2fc925400---dilisakagaponadaxoxavije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungvespaco.com/luutru/files/muganolapetumefulupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olimpic.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nonakogimivorogid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopadive.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sasurizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r9m1e9eshb8qlcacitgtst134n/22212526632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareprogram.org/images/file/riroferizixek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tdpmi20s7sjjrs8c59i8fu9ag6/pifikulizowedofetukepido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716a191db7a---xigenegidowifezikusaris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28b1e8b2d05a5dcce60f4024acda1076/60374991689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827eaf022e6---vutiguxejelex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/132021aa14aeb4539e026672b002bc83/87682813419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=sony+bdp-s1500+region+free+blu-ray+dvd+player+reviewsPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e46e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE46E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC80 17384 bytes
SHA-256: 39049f09c1f923c6b0cacb7c6c09820c82ecf493cdaf0258c78a81be55d6539e