Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b29fd8ab8631c2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:29:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 10b1ff9d33f80be0442f8cd9414cc059 SHA-1: f1f6703e1b1410dd9f5e805f4fd9705da2188bf0 SHA-256: 8b29fd8ab8631c2cd83d845694f36e04cdf184a60c443c4a7679e48e1ef17b6f
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external websites. Several heuristics indicate these links are part of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02f68cdfd491a9d10d81e7ee6c737a89/6226558919.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/vemoxujetofogamuvulajizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theheavent.com/userfiles/files/52861179764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/95028251100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2786e20ed---dojoleremuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bawuwaromi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgssu.com/upfolder/e/files/20210704091926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepnguyentran.vn/media/ftp/file/10758001818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d7ec98132413b7cc566f5e8683a5490/68072079045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenenergy.com/sites/default/files/file/xojuwutidugogelodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3uhphv7i85j74v2t2h99her8k7/finulodunuxejilafisex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nakipoglugroup.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wasokelaxuludiwesiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-eu.cz/upload/files/sibata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/zaxexedazekelugivisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210514152133_7p18ih.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/zukaserigowutig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611130a6e5223---23793488540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markfarolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/10946410446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gretajensen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pepesesila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratco-hardware.com/Ups/files/11859015007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9a1k857e012ju94o1jrhvdg74/62136422240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb51155e2fe01a6ff13364188bb0f678/58445170015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podhoru.cz/userfiles/file/84662023146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddgasul.com/userfiles/file/bemejagegirofuwaregerelib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=an+indigenous+people%27s+history+of+the+us+pdfPDF 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_off0000df1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF1A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f731.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF731 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 22fe79570db446d1c75b75931777f6e75d4a0292dd22f7246b7f09373b3d05f7
font_02_sfnt_off00011001.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11001 16716 bytes
SHA-256: b1707bf38ebe027cacc2044bce35b014753613ad49ad372554b7289c71ebab2e