Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29ff45eaec0dfd12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:21:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2cac7d48111300129e7be4bd870066dd SHA-1: 439c25eb59bf28952467ec9e7ae6038749f9d56e SHA-256: 29ff45eaec0dfd12c710b5e1dcb87efd63c4f0dc1eba792f542dca6f2836735f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics strongly suggests malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. ClamAV also detected this as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://gaongonmaiphuong.vn/webroot/img/files/xusipos.pdf
    • http://solyaris.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuxawarafivib.pdf
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/javono.pdf
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b650b35c52---38382857161.pdf
    • http://sky1981.com/asset/uploads/files/faselujebakijemigelolanuw.pdf
    • http://briztravel.com/upload/files/nuwotojuxetuti.pdf
    • https://digireg.it/upload/jevog.pdf
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092016c2b6f0---getofewenekugatetewigexop.pdf
    • http://dragonspond.com/uploads/files/69988048881.pdf
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b9372bd0e9f41c9e343e17ec23f0220/190357152.pdf
    • http://sunnysidehigh65.com/clients/d/d0/d00d1ad1640c45b888f5e58ac216a5d1/File/32047374420.pdf
    • http://autowagon.it/userfiles/files/xizoxovisovixabavuwaz.pdf
    • https://maydangson.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/purapunuzubasajalidamule.pdf
    • http://capableapp.com/uploads/files/xozanowufibula.pdf
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d982114d827d314fd0186505f43e9d7f/15995116522.pdf
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c9020e1bcd7bd3b284d74606b533447/89774574491.pdf
    • https://vinacomvietnam.vn/uploads/news_file/walemudizofuvibepilosu.pdf
    • https://silga.ca/userfiles/file/78847836474.pdf
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6da49183cc---rafew.pdf
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/92757937525.pdf
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/wanuv.pdf
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160884a8a64558---luduzoxakagavepafumura.pdf
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/434nomgs4u5vkhi9uqine00gvq/wanovebu.pdf
    • https://globalmediaminds.com/uploads/files/95824250484.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=life+skills+worksheets+for+older+adults
    • 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_off0000d9c5.bin
068e58aed904f311de8f085d6f2b97d7243867335a4932911aeb93c945cd9b75
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9C5 10580 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f225.bin
a0343b4dccd0df0dc09f97470f50cebfc33e99b255fa7ebc1f68f93cfcad1024
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF225 18212 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000120cc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120CC 16792 bytes