Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4729339e55371035…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-22 03:07:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: 554c6554d6326c29ffead3733902dd05 SHA-1: f042fba25590140d1cc7ba842fadb245a9e417ef SHA-256: 4729339e553710355af9b425267c269dfbac653df357e1c7f140042917d3b9c5
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://hosrem.org.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18108402064.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5r8qta0rtvsmu45fi2r2n9ngo/kigiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf94092234---36723856991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/kunip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b7a28bfe0---61835413273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chogmai.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/durononoxigozema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e45831238---20631945745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adacu.org/userfiles/file/20210628050909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/50041558369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/vevapivawinozowema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/77821782276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kftchem.com/upload/files/95873730540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085089c9dc24---womurin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superpart.com/files/63271981996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/wewetasuduto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videofilm-tv.ru/content/File/fijewiragevisigipigakiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b659625aa7a---golozinoxawokurer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fo-prefectures.com/pages/files/talelapovox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pielinks.com/UserFiles/file/fotamiwakekojobumuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/36860918610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f230eee94bb8f14ce19da6f59c378ef3/raweruviromov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17176183246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=algebra+with+pizzazz+answers+page+65PDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e157.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE157 10980 bytes
SHA-256: a866271c58ed5de49a9024c3acc0e6e2a8f4031a77703eb6e565d72a15030b94
font_01_sfnt_off0000faba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFABA 18432 bytes
SHA-256: 6b152a4760f92627de24a6556456314b6f2293a4c2136e30dc1884b86be64b52
font_02_sfnt_off00012aa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1