Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ea29721798ed7b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:08:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4f268573333faf0d3e95dbe2df6442ec SHA-1: ab04ced374f093e83505c6c9a7ed3b6c8255a813 SHA-256: 3ea29721798ed7b680be922d0011bfd09416a709a1d944c66c5f0ddf0ecdff55
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The malformed stream length heuristic also points to exploit activity within the PDF structure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=control+system+nise PDF link annotation
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/rijexonidel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/62191509750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukasikgroup.pl/Image/files/fisonekala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tjsijiqing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2021/0810/b08222cb9dcdf8f7eb87f4c7d4bb0e72.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e79f31e4dca---18577205809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64380500504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9cd01152d586618a848cb542e2bdaae/difolus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38a7f4db13ecc40546e3153aec30baf1/854664811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/ludajibozasokezuzixefemax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmealocalpainter.com/insurazon/admin/userfiles/file/vitivikesusanuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfab1d6a14---bodulurikisopisep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612cff10533a3---90934347082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160713235c39bd---74613109373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097a19ca8b94---85053230483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/79265956621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog//file/xenawuzuwudukakoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/952d1a894466ad908c8d86ccd9bfa894/doxalukamaberetipozitul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/jejolunolopoduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/remixamuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d14d8c8be---89247719928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/verakejuvipowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coimbrasoftware.hu/images/uploads/files/zofisinememixurilosar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78ce371c85f72a6e72602922a82dab94/dixedopapojatud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/muwokasim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/53174404623.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_off0000ecb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB9 17536 bytes
SHA-256: a7de60f28eb3ce38934fe20c6f949eff8ea1138f2f5e97d8cf9650a36e9f9472
font_01_sfnt_off00011999.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11999 10252 bytes
SHA-256: 4a02a90007bbb06a475befccd157969f7393941c80592ca1a2e855695b3a62b4
font_02_sfnt_off000130aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1