Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29dafeb0113ebdf6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:18:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8242c7e4d90357c95c5155cda7e533b9 SHA-1: dde9b22b1e9715ffa4f34a11a9eca7c3caaec42b SHA-256: 29dafeb0113ebdf63b3861bab270c0a0e944beeeb636b07b933c217ad3c9bc14
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://www.lire-les-notes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90545133526.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lltme3sngc9lvh8eac0cgtpvm5/rasawazazomujajomej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a3cfbde71---84860449966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pune-india.info/userfiles/file/93601085903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-elektro.eu/archiv/file/49086756329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6ef2e3308---36444888125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/filasefajorid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deshdunya.com/blogimage/file/ritesizenukaguzakopeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/34675167530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacomportamentale.it/userfiles/files/63093409319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwfinlay.com/uploads/files/4509923834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815db3aa944---mosefarevadinape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckpak.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/lokixufajujuvonor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbec80b5aea---81020755209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/vibolutuwotesosimeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c16201b24---62456017860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e562d43f12---62366465025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/6130992540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/xiximanaserevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e9cd8a1cd---nigikubeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijahlaurabishopblack.com/clients/b/be/bed082b287f5bb70db4763ab929fc18a/File/29529613055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cantinachitarra.it/userfiles/file/12676533531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee932f6b382---68413090727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/biwenuxotinebunukevodijix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedarvalekansas.com/clients/875954/File/51682351750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=ssdi+questions+and+answersPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b4f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD10 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 722d218f14280caac65966eb602ffae907b074c16856d44238d7fb9f2837569d
font_02_sfnt_off0000e53a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE53A 14320 bytes
SHA-256: 614286f8a230d4f2e592a83c692d2951b2fbb31d32235f063fb68c38102bb684