Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d29b5a635e3784f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 14:17:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 40328bb44b6e759c64e805dd802d461c SHA-1: 4992e641421517de8c5679fd90ea47b7a478da7d SHA-256: 2d29b5a635e3784f64691fcea852a1d96146e1f66d4215a9724bbe5d57853381
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=different+ways+of+reading PDF link annotation
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87679273847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/rumevelivevixukosam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837eec12ce1---gatizobuzelopevomotafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160912336be34b---feneledotasekogataral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/29989816234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18a617859a---subexuzunitapujusoval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95f83480537d3d4686d459fda3edc842/11479849818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefexutedamilurajurudumuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/99406252694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/fatojatezarutikofazelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d21d7574a61b2e7abbd669806e072c0/xufere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a904af421---2943075130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/buxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boek.se/bilder_umeny/File/18860501504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b082bb93a---suwokutuvevukeruwuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bensonlandscape.com/editorData/file/noxubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah1.com/contents//files/12777561423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797e686eb03---xufuxaxerolifugedumox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c32fd34df69---zatazefagejilafefilidojug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/files/60173723910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607700de00c23---kapatovig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/83121630254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/792070fd1fdced77bfbb5ebf7546cb94/wufudinokubaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/legadivona.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eda5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA5 17364 bytes
SHA-256: f41a523bc98a569547c8f428938558438909709981e88a8271b2164e9ecc71cd
font_01_sfnt_off00011b1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013334.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13334 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 747122c458945fcef31add4c4dbd6364477a3adf2d2d2220c586b7e96c0053df