Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a29562cbfd020d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 18:50:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b7a4c2faf41264143f501ab3e1fc1e70 SHA-1: 87290887be3229c415d8fb2193d260e9890240db SHA-256: 2a29562cbfd020d5f2cc1ddb6a62ec96c91063d62518bc046bc7ca2596bcd7e6
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eee38748d08f53c9c58cd7677c332df7/14051925268.pdf
    • http://goldstecq.com/userfiles/file/36371923796.pdf
    • http://progettarecasa.com/userfiles/files/nubogawi.pdf
    • https://wfbulgaria.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/lalopevegawabinuse.pdf
    • http://youngthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3134512815.pdf
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e10aad831---zijegavisopabomamitojon.pdf
    • http://saipanbooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_F25D4F69BCC7CA1E.pdf
    • https://mehreganimaging.com/images/upload/files/12626762193.pdf
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c686805d46---xamepisovufiwesumibolofo.pdf
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/kusezogogob.pdf
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/dikerajixopojemolug.pdf
    • https://smartbrand.ro/mm/file/91327639668.pdf
    • http://assytekservizi.com/userfiles/files/bamubeluxam.pdf
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eaf59e2fc3---9992508281.pdf
    • https://multimetrics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21574581519.pdf
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/fuvuxisebewakadoxutev.pdf
    • https://bliznacite.com/files/35387589737.pdf
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/suwexebupireselefalawirug.pdf
    • http://mptech.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nonelidimuwonafatiju.pdf
    • https://copab.tn/216mag.svn/uploads/files/9220937452.pdf
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/wiwidizij.pdf
    • http://csc0851.com/userfiles/file/20210915142152_wfz6uo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+pe+connect+to+server
    • 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_off0000d1b6.bin
9081832ea73537caf16126b536832163b9c26a67e3725bcb582ed3ea5fc75e9d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1B6 10484 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9b6.bin
ebdd620982822644b2e9fad9c5734a0e43ccc2041b0a1ff88d69dfe1a1b23563
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9B6 17824 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000117dc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117DC 16792 bytes