Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a29eb2ebae307ab3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-08-31 02:03:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 42ff4dd7f9e83715a726e3f2d388d497 SHA-1: 14a92bd00771fb0e9878dbf1b50970c676a9282f SHA-256: a29eb2ebae307ab33e507ac5824cd3e29e4baf5e31826d160741de1142445834
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the document is 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 indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://sasolution.kr/userfiles/file/33326211223.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/59886265321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.org/uploads/file/21823858368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafe-malaysia.com/contents/file/63536172743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/475b1a844af15a562aefef2e6db7121b/65821349262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d47d22843---derefoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemwares.com/userfiles/file/nitejekelisuxigokagulutof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/nubakabebonimukiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/16704679143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://machi-tomo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mirotukun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d133cde8af3db45601423449e79d64c/mupizupidawegikajesasowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d66a24129b0---kuripoxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/36320895119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/16090158199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/volusalupegosaziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unionnutritech.com/upload/files/35128229141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/nunitevogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/dabivujiteli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/67451121560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f019a0c28f1---dodizarewugaluwip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5v89r86pco59b2fv400gkvtm2/26611212622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptkas.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/kaxitepufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608381644fbc9---liramevivelusezonelufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorsexpress.biz/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/22455602554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=climate+change+in+2018+implications+for+businessPDF 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_off0000dd3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD3A 11700 bytes
SHA-256: c91fd8ea01834518a1f994389e6997bf16b73db7e07e6ba366d2cd3997a8b845
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8CC 16296 bytes
SHA-256: 9967fcdd4e42ac24d2348ad4233c79fef0f4caa936b9261948c39864452a9330
font_02_sfnt_off00012275.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12275 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1