Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29eba594db17ab0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-08-20 22:55:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d953985f92090174cdfc2099240c08df SHA-1: 560fea77799448c144bc07078c4fe9fef4c1370b SHA-256: 29eba594db17ab0b704cddad666953134171e72aeeda440332ccc7033dbe4dc0
164 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 WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a deliberate attempt to create a link farm. The embedded JavaScript and the nature of the URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9780

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+highest+score+on+drift+boss+2021 PDF link annotation
    • http://stalmont.eu/userfiles/file/xaniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/diwediwurev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rachelrom.com/rescontent/file/46809757271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b46c88c4ca2---68563701771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c97d280a683---93989544035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamantina-joaillerie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuvilajifezubog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tingyi-bnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/18781550959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelexpert.ro/uploads/files/99920884829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f684aebb58b17dae90eb538fd7e06fb4/51673518214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ypdtools.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/xumowigumubos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ithalattagarantibelgesi.com/resimlerfiles/64565028167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicolalazzarotto.com/userfiles/files/61241514674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/837392752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcwma.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gapofawuzevobidaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/712072584b03674d351bdebc673b4048/9972029839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nrns0k6oouvh2evr15thl3td90/nutanoruveziwisijozanaras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33261561618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/561112960609c8db3407b4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744f97be433---bawopujavujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39bb210ac76559b1d39d5c69a8f11e89/36430904673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f79b169e07a---xomupupufodakuvetasajen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/3662680780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/655d30f5e3b83702413aea30746277a1/64756589277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b75c12bb771e22ac7ff95769837e40c2/77291119239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/52631621341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f60df8799a2---10737993715.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d78c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD78C 16888 bytes
SHA-256: 6d4ae97b92a8f209b2df30847e5820d78480a2bfb22bcf8ba2235d3f57bc207c
font_01_sfnt_off0001037f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1037F 1760 bytes
SHA-256: 478d64aad58a46c60a63c2bd6d05d9c39068b35528f549688063ac651822ff24
font_02_sfnt_off00010bda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000123f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123F1 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 86ecd4b5adee70b73d2f5511a37bd262cd6ffe4a07092337d0b5431467f0c52b