Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d429bcc715c43e8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-08-26 12:30:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 34acd330e66cc00d8cf304ce7c2c455a SHA-1: 7ceba604d4dfdcdffe78ed78b74f37b8e39434f2 SHA-256: d429bcc715c43e8ca0b1858b14eb49f2d4844bb015ea79914a508472623a6880
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious content, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/lunibivovibikajulibusid.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oicenglish.com/imagexx/files/96283949626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa7e2c804d---79958567082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xasari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/lasolivujido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/nibopitapoputi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbkvfu2aex3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nafenapoxeribifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087512c94354---41045856223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shjkyq.com/up_files/FCK/file/dopuzatexojulaloxelem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmlukanich.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/96937476289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e3dcd48c5---91235914822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62092b716b---saganatepizadivalujodul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakkue.com/contents/files/93784457330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0dcf3a6b8---wawiveminejula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb4b42e1baa4c5fcf85a37e4f3231245/97267332986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de4d6dcfbc24c84d2a7d5ed96b6ac058/32209276949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/26513162474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fidelishospice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95596243558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knowleangling.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biragifanerowuroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaxana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a0f57b9697---32494693926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikitellirezistans.com/upload/files/tigaxeloxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/32206923165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romengo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fiwenexebuxitiridalumujaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=nine+of+swords+yes+or+noPDF link annotation
    • https://www.posluh.hr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/solujuwebixupoliwirevixul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e670.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE670 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE87 10216 bytes
SHA-256: 554d19ad309b7a4d151ccac9eb4e69a610ca10627d620da70a283eb25e1ee031
font_02_sfnt_off000115a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115A3 16440 bytes
SHA-256: 2ce2d3de1ebe74c3813f274bb3e3fd3e72715f8767a503c7da2b26918d544d47