Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29e7ef5d1aed3cfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:23:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b3549216083dae1384264814a7b22c20 SHA-1: 24587684c3ed2cb687dc24c342d9c77ed3930352 SHA-256: 29e7ef5d1aed3cfb60a8284b06d75fbeb5343be6f80155c85476f74748ceff42
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF viewers. Heuristics indicate it's a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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 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://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb2823d00a---ruguralunekiwaxobuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/48197344513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thamcohoaian.com/webroot/img/files/3070656803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/flma5t5psv1quvq6mg3p1ndl86/gidezudema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608532584b7a9---kafukaxevugem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/medanorobekanowavebaluke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/lipojaniwisuwowowebelita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bebf69a02e---mepuwemugeriteju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekoblickfang.de/userfiles/file/8255281661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/litebawetakemizeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/1074658830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suacuacuontoanphat.com/upload/files/banedelolelenekexavumadot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eff778059e---maleturaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptairsupply.com/userfiles/file/91820539003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3ce60a08be43833716c3f09b3c7e387/zeloke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fe0611d7e81d31a55bde9cfa7999a8c/buvir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://offerseir.com/basefile/offerseircom/files/21113450614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/pesenenawagekadexujuzij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solener.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/girevaxewezagupaxuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e42d3e9d2a6---8907296838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isdoor.ru/uploads/files/24701694620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1cd8dcdf48---wanoromalinum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chongtham68.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/96421413226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u7dme2j2pkaau2eqjgtc7fjnhe/nizafiregiwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7096d5dcad7b74f62fdfa446eba9dbb5/40809664491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=definicion+de+historieta+pdfPDF 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_off00013781.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13781 10672 bytes
SHA-256: e75b451c9ff77cff2fd31f409b70108fdf3c42260c7aabb59db0b022894901e2
font_01_sfnt_off00014fec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FEC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000167fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167FE 21748 bytes
SHA-256: 94331388e49bb770e1dadf01ec9e0f64bb68be81070209d6a143a4d104c44985