Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 929f5cbc404a59d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:52:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 01910d6e5e069b6a8cb17979fc97e423 SHA-1: 0577ce629a8bbefccea4b60cc102066208aff02b SHA-256: 929f5cbc404a59d0eee81b500cade86204811e364a3d2cf2b45e7088aa80cb74
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. Several heuristics indicate the document is part of a link farm, with many external URIs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://pololanna.com/user_img/files/kuzuzuzowovukafixakuzibi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e772d20e6b076faa49e953945b47a539/57273554474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongbinhduong.net/uploads/files/65990167066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/nifirizokajolav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1b3ecd361---31691026181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b89721c7997---34185628510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/54397533615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc4f6da8096---963326272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincailight.com/zk/UploadFile/file/2021061813224173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chroscina.com/userfiles/file/22777757661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86d1ed779ad583f5d8d3fdfa73f132df/50688102532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/222f5c1f6e2581ad4d91dca07091b80b/56438304627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitvietnamcambodge.com/hinhanh/file/50937128543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leads-bd.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71790718817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d68fbff07---tidulimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bb4bf08645---79922367887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/gefufesiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f418c4d5b---fusumafokanatuxuxawuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysilo.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jatogidukok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/67668315259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajansnigde.com/resimler/files/juxodofekogaradaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/43269832195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733b4bd3773---42836727510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trade.inter-ural.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xoxivuxatonuxowodaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/27130510134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=hemorragia+varices+esofagicas+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_off00012568.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12568 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 208ca14bf2c6c68c7af1aa406c8792e6a10286d020a7d27484742b31956a606d
font_01_sfnt_off00013dfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DFC 18788 bytes
SHA-256: 8c7a59a662b3b3d0e72946d82745d63be915fbb8bb55b4dfa256b1b069979681
font_02_sfnt_off00016db2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16DB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1