Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 729105eae0f1f319…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:18:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 96983e0c559da71274c47ef4d066db63 SHA-1: 3a5e91edd1f378dd1b97c3ee3cd1353e6ef0595a SHA-256: 729105eae0f1f31920e6ffb478b7b8d751a8719696cc4e5fba43840401a3bf9b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to link farms hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://bisleri.genefied.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85873103041.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stomatoloska-ordinacija-rijeka.com/files/rufoputefirujubiwuvav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3asoft.vn/img/files/45449968482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorinaldibedin.eu/userfiles/files/netok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9c5396178---69830861202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb0b108b78d---98195127451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d034035fd---66314806154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thcscatquea.hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moxelamokilizesotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5e28660e64---83506580826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watch62.ru/files/files/26589801697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b74512b0306---75957443711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bs01s50210au29fqjivte9tj7n/subusimonerezev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luvidegepovikunuwinepid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160f50c0c95c2b---lofeborex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dkmmotor.com/files/userfiles/file/gigokigixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5itj0eqck2u9lqr8fgkun7r44/ginefutijoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dewalenejegukiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/47396812882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulongvungtau.com/media/ftp/file/62151449245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7cbd92e02---bofeluzorebukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c093e4daf26---kagodomifepusabega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noxuzemeledemozazawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halaljones.com/uploads/files/96993803065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dogomogibarutoburubuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=detex+v40xeb+manualPDF 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_off0000dd79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD79 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 15463ee25705fed3605e84dfd1f94f6fbc25ee422d16fc897192728e607b9065
font_01_sfnt_off0000f515.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF515 19052 bytes
SHA-256: c30afa014b1a1dcaee39f64ac79ab6fcf3c5392d367b4c28ac0a6cd75809321d
font_02_sfnt_off000126a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1