Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 829a93a61af09b77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-08-21 16:35:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8807e973d47b60cd414f67d371192c5c SHA-1: 103021f7964de6a30a43eb7e0de51bf4d4ded322 SHA-256: 829a93a61af09b77cf335b5bf0cbef686e777e5e55b988443d00564e7f5a7e31
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests the document is designed to manipulate search engine results by linking to many external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=problemas+division+de+fracciones+resueltos PDF link annotation
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa464a13bdb---57022795581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa0e90bf585---98640830541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ab9421c42---1445005508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuantruongtech.com/images/ckeditor/files/53443071874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a22a75baf32ae869bdbea601e209b9f5/sodegavevafoxikopogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118afc3dba56---18972238137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c139791709a---65057265576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813f052465a---76045522673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e01b42269ad3d91759e6c406db3423df/20338946249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/rojejazawidajozujuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcbdaebb06e---jafadifoboduvefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76469a36df9e7599f700677f42f8f4cd/gukaniboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myveolife.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/359d9c368eacd90c07820e21c31a0506/nurotozok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/febonunegifitijaseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddc8d2b194a---96082743514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/sosinoxaxasukumog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a3bfdd5bafe8bc6331688ff04ee10aa/45946366849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intestinalfortitude.org/clients/0/0c/0cf504f131cb0201443a7bd449519f4a/File/pewig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3452608a413b09b7c71e27007e69b8f/dizawativatuvokaviseleke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/gixobuxijamifobaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/sajikafukevek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/66136423106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608717f805579---timutatinulozefaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/kitexod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f4bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4BB 10944 bytes
SHA-256: b3d0b94b973304590e9851d31f093442c5eb245af61b0ff99a6c032f57cbf514
font_01_sfnt_off00010e1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001262d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1262D 18048 bytes
SHA-256: 506dcf50c562bc196a9808ba1fd16e6fca4c20aecad25ed138e1abea399e6f2f