Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 929ebdd195bb35f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 15:22:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 0e4d2d01f1c36793c036475ff72518eb SHA-1: d5d058e4092e949111ab992ab85077ec64e374a1 SHA-256: 929ebdd195bb35f72d645f8da147ecee442828893eae5631df095cef0f798b41
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution lure. Heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this malicious intent. ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=integration+and+differentiation+rules PDF link annotation
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jg19lvkfjvmdv5i3q126nlcci2/kevosopamebig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79ab99e12b2f3c7af2a8b8e196c4d78d/56617354818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebymtm.com/upload/files/kuruxezutorapudit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/diwubugilajumujidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7c88b6a80---39521597164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricount.cz/UserFiles/File/xozutol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be44dbd9fcba9fac31d4ec8e5960aada/duxojumumufitewasasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banghenails.com/upload/file/banipitim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788d53765ba---16179220621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a607fe36c32---44441654051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ec5bbf60d---genebitulokeviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097701962d38---danaxubuvefexebuluxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotang.net/userfiles/file/49562538638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/koralutudumipewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/238fb829ac9424ecae436c37fd0c5599/semex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c1638ff59---fusude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941326be2a7---77058782442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0083b492d44f8af5da476d7acca72bc3/52862473641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d032759e168---gazofojetitezeledisone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/pufizobikivez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebre.com/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/96297372070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f32c8274dd---dunetusikosuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosperitas.be/data/assets/file/sazuxumufimovogol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/3394737326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah1.com/contents//files/91262095292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seigyobannkaigaikikaku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/notidijarubobaw.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_off0000ed36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED36 17800 bytes
SHA-256: 7b5f281cfa8d1b89c72d7129cbe42c64c9c2d345fdd3738c14fc4c9c45eaf2a8
font_01_sfnt_off00011c1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013434.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13434 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 565bbd136f82396f9f52518ef8af58a563c9ae68c8d8bdc26f2c77607b9fdeb3