Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b29917b99fbd8f98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 12:42:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ab2cdc4abd3efb0d738a46f9b6235b83 SHA-1: e0ce53a09f667b62658bd0ba223f3639cf5b8d34 SHA-256: b29917b99fbd8f987af91b1dc531a8f1b5567d0c9ea43345aca37babf61bb240
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=size+7+in+cm
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/pudigulux.pdf
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/73364744252.pdf
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9195f11b1e0258bf71c6c466a11ec44b/26892625707.pdf
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/57703994732.pdf
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9b268fa3713c7735f4ca5987ae93699/rosujimiwipukedale.pdf
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/12144092908.pdf
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf537e1071e---rejimabaditax.pdf
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72978acc8e16b19bf1f655a63da782eb/9390622376.pdf
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/febdbd8a1f2790e9423c93aeae05d046/finosusajekipepev.pdf
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cad2cc4cc3c---gamubawexixuxoremijiko.pdf
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g3j5jnbkbl9je1dq1np7rmmb11/xisuxasefosatixorifuron.pdf
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b1846ee8f---53353890915.pdf
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5f398f787e565621e5d312682046bb0/56096861707.pdf
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffb4c7b902c0e996e36a9a54e6a20383/16596372316.pdf
    • https://wegofa.com/userfiles/file/jelukenolejitem.pdf
    • https://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/rakimuluvil.pdf
    • http://studiodrago.eu/userfiles/files/20852125873.pdf
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/68079133889.pdf
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15c8667d0f---39384440108.pdf
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b12b6856f57---65771661698.pdf
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6686e9e4bbbc5388d4a8d1eebf8c0eb8/10347843856.pdf
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7d861fc9a1b1aeefb74248da2a8828a/75865589834.pdf
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/529b7190bb480aa16c6ad803afc22087/11030869462.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f5e4.bin
c4985099aa2f2dba71e284f35820af59903383d676553cc53dab92d70731b47e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E4 9884 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010baa.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BAA 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000123bc.bin
a417c45c409861ec1a943a4ff647cee474bef3592ffe8c6914f8594bbd64ca09
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123BC 17736 bytes