Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d0b29b81b7cec34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-08-23 16:20:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 54aae08263ac8a8c08f2fe19ca23d368 SHA-1: a003be04cde6224f1474b3547ae5e6d61de15c96 SHA-256: 4d0b29b81b7cec34bbe5f5ae36fb6848d8c4315806ad180da83739e6049e5313
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic confirms the nature of the document as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pg_stat_statements+does+not+exist
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6ed91c0fa---pagek.pdf
    • https://coimbatorepressclub.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/97793576773.pdf
    • http://studio-rivetti.it/userfiles/files/zuvefisevuzotezi.pdf
    • https://www.verimevzabavu.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9016319764.pdf
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/buguzekekoxix.pdf
    • http://uco-kampen.com/media/files/gatefixetuvodubu.pdf
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0df433a2843d800d3cd1e50f6ef87bd/zolotubakorife.pdf
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b5f9927d3---9286365037.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/zegos.pdf
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868c269470e---pupidagokovusevel.pdf
    • http://chira-med.pl/pliki/16459260388.pdf
    • http://tdjl.com/uploadfile/file///2021081417293144.pdf
    • http://cbcom.eu/ressource/site-image/files/76050863218.pdf
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073dedbdb2cd---dokudogupevunafolabinuni.pdf
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/35892463590.pdf
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8e9c46594---20904952388.pdf
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/22843796948.pdf
    • http://traktorpulling.de/ablage/userfiles/files/vegojagenapo.pdf
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/80872333682.pdf
    • http://premiercontractinginc.com/files/file/12537330278.pdf
    • http://sam-global.ch/files/file/61066488335.pdf
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5fa0b35b5---86974200259.pdf
    • https://tumujerrusa.com/userfiles/gakujulupawururafubom.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/xofupurimediz.pdf
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609482767c28c---nokuvefukadurufos.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_off0000fb42.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB42 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011359.bin
51c50e18d57159621b2411b59a03dd1e2cee96c475df44ea57453318ece965d5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11359 10580 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012b55.bin
ad01d348d577561f59acf7daf34cd43a95c844b24d60d7f5c986b34a83bb53cb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B55 18300 bytes