Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 829f5757dc18bdc6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:26:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4aba43593b7ee7c6fdd633c2a3324e5b SHA-1: 80b75cbe96f1d9ce4a166fca8bb1d16af979c4d6 SHA-256: 829f5757dc18bdc629d236cd4a67057251469702f3b447e99a1fefcd76014fd8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs hosted on compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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=extraction+of+metals+from+ores+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092f3f41f2cb---47446631719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104be0630301---89660054883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inruho.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wikamaxakowawarotalijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d67bdddb1dc610826c44a33e40c54427/kunekatigabemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/xukiraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adasbruiloften.nl/userfiles/file/23855908770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608226046380a---65235295847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapacargentina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nezamuvudemabop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sartoriaventurini.com/userfiles/files/1063281189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080abc9a23db---69706335291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://u15.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foxamop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c209286a60818ea5bdaf5e25516a1656/vodukawun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/mizuvedevifapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d996247771---6326288799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1608986f94a57f---talozorupaletomomur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cvc892sgcq4iheraue3bdsdmd2/73629575603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/jafumexajive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/nupugazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlygiaylynhua.com/upload/files/siwesimilezagajekojagoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7568a95dfc651224de011bc0a2c97df2/dugovokilugux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080da041ebfb---votekaxawezelopolubibej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608530afba371---82310893676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fcddc4c1b3343ecd92e7e2852e23cbd/wotatujadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomanzella.com/userfiles/files/rofosotemunolot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0bc3fdea39---81482087834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5404928360.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_off0000f776.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF776 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 0ef4c8bd5f672464e4f7b2426062de576787a9a7a2a5c52f757a5360f3dd32e4
font_01_sfnt_off00011093.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11093 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000128a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128A5 17932 bytes
SHA-256: 20c8089b8f53fa580de9e79ce32375e8880eb326e76c555a6d4542f2845197c4