Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d29cfc6c195db7a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:21:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 23a1f8bb677162d3bb3aa066180de549 SHA-1: 7449c51f88644feee78803779306b32a49a7a6b5 SHA-256: d29cfc6c195db7a6f48f31cf05aa181bb454def6e493a56c6d871d94abf02ad9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm heuristic indicates the PDF is designed to redirect users to external resources. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/74055460803.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bi61i7906d945bvc7cet1hcmtn/wuvofixifomidaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/097c44fa161bd219835d7ff5fcf2b757/jalavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71180201454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/4223194254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalinpress.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ratesinutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/9986528693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents/files/zifujiwixut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newbiiz.com/upfiles/file/pebelelisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ec98b734f---fowewewipowon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fjzy18.com/image/uload/files/94117962478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076069fe0857---zisemexugibosudibolukig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d54f3a6a4b---49172804365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avondale61.com/clients/e/e2/e25739fb73bf6f2fbed92e75d980d6c5/File/pojarapimefifet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f4ade813fa410740e0eb6d14b1b9205/selarukeropus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/werod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/43118362987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pereplanirovkaoblast.ru/pict/file/befatuturowunakunoruke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/43749272566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/rawonuwutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd0b991b87c---58895251610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toeterloeh44.de/files/92208165874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d329c8cb10---8934880045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://museuminiaturesbesalu.com/files/negisavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=kosala+marathi+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_off0000eae9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAE9 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 816f02ccc1548892d81373d2fe642447a004b4fdd5415cfe44395ae4eddc8bd1
font_01_sfnt_off000102c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102C7 19168 bytes
SHA-256: 8c25d07fe23ecf1f311347587dd742f5c05dc9c0c87be38b37fa8c3a52d3953f
font_02_sfnt_off00013516.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13516 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1