Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b29de138393f91a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-10-07 18:05:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6583b74b30ca9e19f625f07c66b34cfb SHA-1: 1fc6dbc74e5e30f9f168b51a8334381be0cf5b06 SHA-256: 4b29de138393f91a624ff7c76538ff8832e973f6442445e2a43d14c79c76f698
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS platforms. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the link farm suggests an intent to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+product+for+math
    • https://tongdaidoanhnghiep.com/app/webroot/upload/files/4776080548.pdf
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b653a15380---24119507416.pdf
    • https://karate2.cdmedia.pl/userfiles/file/90758686074.pdf
    • http://sloplast.com/userfiles/files/kanojosopukujux.pdf
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/19094040724.pdf
    • https://vanchuyenduongsat.vn/upload/files/davupegizomobasomujupave.pdf
    • http://pillshop.ru/uimg/files/feledumemixujuk.pdf
    • http://clinicaveterinariasangiacomo.it/userfiles/files/walivonitiduvusorazu.pdf
    • http://closehorses.com/userfiles/file/40275726026.pdf
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/40098985072.pdf
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/401cf4ff66eafa2decf9a732bf8f3096/rawevulonejemipelanokojo.pdf
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613352394e164---30458967834.pdf
    • http://karate-talence.com/newsite/userfiles/files/77865442638.pdf
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad3e37d0897b6ad2c2f04ecce8810fc3/bebetitapinikoto.pdf
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/66723067303.pdf
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/pumedifun.pdf
    • http://khonggianmang.com/upload/files/xowivakemazexatifileva.pdf
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/nuzenado.pdf
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/742ea1be727a619008497e8d4cff5dbb/57913228496.pdf
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d7a387c9ff3134ea3c5ab3bc4ae6dbc/loruser.pdf
    • http://triple-a.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14869057500.pdf
    • http://holidayservicemarsala.it/userfiles/files/mamulafaxukoxal.pdf
    • https://jin-ji.com/upload/files/tilurineso.pdf
    • http://christ-china.com/filespath/files/20210922024410.pdf
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/velezu.pdf
    • https://nordavril.com/userfiles/file/34036395778.pdf
    • 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_off0000d7c6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7C6 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000efd8.bin
394ada872ef8510fba4e20a2682e6a463f570f0eab1c9a8919bcd938eb491ddc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD8 18396 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000120a9.bin
38ab4a4a7d3e7ed4b2e5641e7fbba1e4ae21384c1f253a4d94a241a5434f6d4b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120A9 10696 bytes