Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 794445f09864b70d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:25:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 30aa31adfa4511613b6b20ef474d0fd8 SHA-1: d5717956b6a1146960476680e66cc88c2208d044 SHA-256: 794445f09864b70d54b89097f2b3a619d9220c918403ca6564ff7aab507a127b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure suggests it's designed to overwhelm the user with links, obscuring the malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://slbreakingnews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87663867310.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7ef0f96298b348b483e8212da1b1e73/kosifibedanibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/kamekisodobadol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.com/userfiles/files/fesex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a36db43758d405e9f0d040b3552aae6/70570714785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energywork.pl/userfiles/file/97489313995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.szphotar.com/admin/img/files/17685666656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreamcatcherltd.com/userfiles/file/14075061013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/050174f82ae254a3ea5b1e50ff48fa56/fizinomugofinekomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0j4867dm6ttt3jsi6bvfp8no6/29639998589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northmarking.com/userfiles/files/98130904755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9r1j114rotsvcd169bh940hub/47736203307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businesslegalgroup.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/74168229804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bookblog.kr/data/file/files/347944263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lorisubilanaxusita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160898d9ab9c5c---74880816055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhiinverter.com/media/ftp/file/15535033577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroialinsol.ro/userfiles/file/5931376429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/baragokeretanenovomaboro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/zodubekasori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umffz21.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45606888457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870fbb22bd0---vojerevufevanarotoxiwaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andymullinscommercial.com/home/andy/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rawonapatofumodinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restauraceeverest.cz/userfiles/file/37596904862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=prittlewell+princely+burialPDF 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_off0000b9de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9DE 15484 bytes
SHA-256: e20e1c8ca2e3cb1f20728699b90d847760fbd2610f3bdaa193c61bc27eec3ea5
font_01_sfnt_off0000e163.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE163 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f97a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF97A 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 3bc61485264de890fd8bb3acbc226b2e54719ac3928968001bbde012bfcb294c