Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29f0e770e1d17ccb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:43:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bc3cdf64b3a6859e446ccf3804e02efa SHA-1: e7b314c9f599b742b47f0e382c7352cdade3e82e SHA-256: 29f0e770e1d17ccb094c0c3a655f989704680217197514be751405a37df132b8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and link farms pointing to compromised websites, many of which host other PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=calories+in+baked+chicken+wingettes
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k3m2ua09ggmr7aoo0ur0uo6hms/rukutivijulonivijonixobo.pdf
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc7c8e81d0e88e3d52bbaacdc9bd32c1/rijesab.pdf
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0b03e4bb2---95029079196.pdf
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb41e1c8c63---20992561754.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/605e1e7111ebb2d817187a8cbbdc1404/bopomuviwoxuna.pdf
    • https://marlin-aquarium.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78099189815.pdf
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48e430e5fabc657891e5e588cb5f2f13/12963782615.pdf
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de926b3d003eb795c60ec2614dbb6ac4/11172271127.pdf
    • http://duonglaohanoi.com/userfiles/file/89224534806.pdf
    • http://tamilannuaire.com/var/www/vhosts/vps296430.ovh.net/tamilannuaire.com/images/file/37689264483.pdf
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa1410267bd---doropevusavinisu.pdf
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/difllb8ddoivpgso9pagl5aup1/61033812357.pdf
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/84675484566.pdf
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/54635636701.pdf
    • http://ventilatoryzlin.cz/images/file/80953851907.pdf
    • http://wchs65.org/clients/b/bb/bb65574a37642f7fe3135935df861e67/File/7111344838.pdf
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57b782d235fa12a45783752b101f23be/xubek.pdf
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ceef292a7---50326716886.pdf
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/sodatebifosavakafesotifin.pdf
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ddc7c506d---pezikobatekewufim.pdf
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a1c1381df---nipunutamuved.pdf
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-21/20210521231953596342.pdf
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/laxunafepugugipawuxeso.pdf
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/70446414418.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_off0000f17a.bin
bdebc2ec691f50beffe2abeb84668b64af43e2943542d8cee9a33115941d2cd8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF17A 17152 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011df0.bin
cc424dce66937a46212b8c1cb6b0731c889464d4015d5de679ab73ae92f1374e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF0 10996 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001374e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1374E 16792 bytes