Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a29e22501d82c56c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 18:26:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 50c305a865fe9c0f070220e12f6c5934 SHA-1: 40754a35f74454605ac71a5e023edf7808dcac36 SHA-256: a29e22501d82c56c394c2736562a16b2eb86a8bc5e25d28ffed570c9bbe41970
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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 http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c652ef488---dukolaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982a4220bdb---4352273113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090542c4d643---86309222944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myupfield.link/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdfmid0ct4dk1lufhvn2nh1ida/28060413316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/466ffb6f9d960379ac4f99d99355b64c/14539928570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velo.hu/UserFiles//file/tijifitekemetol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca846953e3---disuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c76fe14e5f---gifewesupinakidamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609469cc4bc7b---3759041510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dc479e7ff975555c2e7f1a4923f10f1/meloxulejesugoxibizivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijzh9b.xn--90ae/documents/file/62245915875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/205a0fc6430611556b61836f20aa7c99/lopurufexez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/udp16ar4n72hl2u4jg68bhv3up/49766389785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hm5i2hjju4sf9qrb6ec347q6ad/gulodenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/nalofufeduxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d58ab4a1907dbe7cc49c728aef169b72/nigejolikijuvabesup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaikepkeret.hu/uploads/file/vujitotixekegimaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/3541695654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a74031c9ccfcbbe6acee6896f5804a8/87801640005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d50396122---86949853250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--arbeitskndigungsrecht-best-5zc.de/userfiles/file/telolizavodewarigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donationwebsites.com/clients/6/68/68901b9e08e997a22fc64c74502b39ca/File/39364737664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nc34p50jtt8rdj2gti3ajfr2hi/31876876118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607937b279fa9---29863729632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/69790814779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0315db9c3---1930077689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae2def96a67---nijariwozanigurufugadise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=1863+thanksgiving+proclamationPDF 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_off0001052e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1052E 11348 bytes
SHA-256: e484c9309bc30516c04f97042bb34ba0a2d2480c00126e502747248469210f88
font_01_sfnt_off00011fc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FC4 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 1ebb0a5181403dedfb51163d153e281423e6f58550c2c11b21e4640a1c705b4e
font_02_sfnt_off00014d91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1