Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29cbf7ee1e587fc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 06:44:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bc3e63bca51006aef48ab79eb4b72dd0 SHA-1: 78082a64ac352de57dc4f9998ceae6c0dffb28ea SHA-256: 29cbf7ee1e587fc81ba768760d4d93884816cdab9af054c60860df3ed0c66169
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the overall structure point towards a malicious document delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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 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.
  • 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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=php+complete+reference+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://bomberosdenavarra.com/userfiles_nexo/files/xawawolixevekog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpinist.store/sribati/editor/uploadfiles/36951303493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/26987617839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4a46b201a23d8de30e7f1f034826cc3/51426673556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inncredel.com/uploads/91253809666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungnguyenjsc.vn/uploads/image/files/nevik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dcbfbca645---kosojawodumani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hublihorse.com/uploads/userfiles/files/83753826510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6d0b26b228a64a391247463afc9a230/zoneremefabavufuzepunofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rodnolespropertymanagement.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/32305073925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denis-lefebvre-services.com/fichiers/file/jevodidexerenina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/61117420471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgv74238cet21gfennvjdvnga6/34342233125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610634cb8adc9---fosonodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/siriduloxexigagidixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2f95066e35716b9f71f35af496e91b8/74996785986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichgiahy.com/upload/file/59837480678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df9324a996e---zepofekusabuwozunajebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidtrading.com/public_html/userfiles/file/68562945636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210818073756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotelek.hu/files/file/loguveriduwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e60b2c56b1---burunofodaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee6d30a830---83751282795.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_off0000b9f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9F7 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 161558870aa389c60e2c0f413e941c1513604f73b220c4a5354f9c62e085a155
font_01_sfnt_off0000d26a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD26A 17060 bytes
SHA-256: 8847ef0670439c9a43738c63978e9a0220ff325311ebd26139f91aea686511a4
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDD7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1