Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29e025d40db47d58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 03:10:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 853d03a12f3c5026d00144c4326894e9 SHA-1: 0196df61321c066de5d72cdccefa7dbee6f60825 SHA-256: 29e025d40db47d5888f97d58b80fc977fc713090755fe57bb7b6122d680be2d4
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for SEO manipulation or malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a phishing or trojan payload. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i5d0ufc0o4tfqpqcotg6dkpsko/80001416615.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tp-pos.com/uploads/image/files/tudilojatadepatakevox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/67485603348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contemporaryteas.in/admin/uploads/file/josomokotupudizewuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landtop.com/filespath/files/20210901231049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136f48067a15---wiluxajosubedurowujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevgineslianaokulu.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/buminewelelim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo-yachts.de/res/wysiwyg/file/58170321585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/94606607102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136b35e299ad---xizivudek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138080d25a67---54367128118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3xlove.com/uploadfile/file/83054274772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aceitunasdelguadalhorce.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46786940369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613848eb21ae8---sererodubepinuteneso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hokkaido-love87.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40723075795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137983abbfbb---39098055470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hcb9ueatnerr3td70ahic5poga/39463293554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmbri.com/WYSIWYGImage/file/xowumogajimamutuzap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15881588.com/ckupload/files/winutixibajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/litugiguloluban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e5eda1408ebb6fc9bd7e19c35d549c2/28745221479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bongbansaigon.com/uploads/files/20915151514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jessie.vn/images/ckeditor/files/11166221308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscablingIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=best+free+fighting+games+for+androidPDF 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_off0000ef51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF51 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010763.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10763 17172 bytes
SHA-256: 5a1ba5a7ff5645e2092258ee1b7771793780b6b6df3fc44ceb34619ee92c3a61
font_02_sfnt_off000133be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133BE 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 3fc8e591e238da15b6f4bdd468e0263df9614e6f97f08975d690e5fe4c0cb139