Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29d3815487e4b3e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-08-25 02:05:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0f785c9295b13ddc227badd703861758 SHA-1: fdd5ae6cd57a25959be7408c5d36f2660f7d76aa SHA-256: 29d3815487e4b3e2c8439f0a3b30dcb44436abcd3dd93029edd8b6962313217e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=angle+relationships+worksheet+answers
    • http://kepco-group.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/rufudidixeganelesisutib.pdf
    • http://giasudaihocsupham.com/Images_upload/files/gejubitanirotudozot.pdf
    • http://cintabogor.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/2649807960.pdf
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/160816325624.pdf
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7566816d96---86985708635.pdf
    • http://cnc-soustruzeni.cz/files/file/73065652595.pdf
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/muzofiratidofusegobesad.pdf
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718e0fec3b6---bejibegimap.pdf
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbd5726f1f2e25e2e7cbf30b1a6388d6/38642990726.pdf
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081fe103b4d9---15946562678.pdf
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a372d3bbf---fifoke.pdf
    • http://kcde.kr/userfiles/file/vemalifewofal.pdf
    • https://elektrona.cz/files/file/43335798550.pdf
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e820caece---80135169304.pdf
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/73860444556.pdf
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d4e286f30---zonemiwegesariwo.pdf
    • https://nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36223067901.pdf
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/in7262t0v3re7qvrhtkasbgljl/50593861781.pdf
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744c9b940be---90870351349.pdf
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/444a9673f966febbf32500f3c03fe7a8/gubedupafavujejigixifik.pdf
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/srl72n76pf19lskfql0olfnj75/14607837425.pdf
    • http://vincitydata.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/kefibosan.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105500465dac---45432529373.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c030.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC030 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d847.bin
1e36a24d91f388ad2ef05fcc8eda944055b334c42f43f5684b8e54d381790123
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD847 10688 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0d2.bin
3c837bcc1bbb8fbcad9131d0928492a6b2b9fe838e0a40d3a0a6084946020ed5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D2 15188 bytes