Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d429fc9c2639b56f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 15:32:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 44feeabc3077a4111b3e3c951254a71d SHA-1: 4aa39828617695d855464804abc207a960d20f6b SHA-256: d429fc9c2639b56fdafb77ec7bdf80a31db9550be24242447fbecb166e14938a
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised websites. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic suggests a lure to trick users into downloading malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further confirms its malicious nature, likely involving exploitation for client execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=libreoffice+pdf+merge PDF link annotation
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qhbp6uvvtqp5ghanrlp2mi5u1v/laforagutusulezirofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161080a13df250---79395488186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-6-16/20210616162116212308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db1736ba74f---68673551789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50007286179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/jumurubabinozamup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kistours.hu/userfiles/file/55342734061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a40f05031cb---berojidiluresorimiwofuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/75206689275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78de64d314cd86bb9b3a629eaf0b39d6/titukazubowonaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lidiyageorgieva.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55613098750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5feeccf7a1---suwurapajexunopurolisof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zovuxitirevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aodaibooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210710_5B0D95D5159C7AA7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drbumbnursinghome.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tapovaxarugizunefaritad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/743dd136e0cc2c0fba5eadc97c10c2c7/fopubarebikoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingscolley.com/uploads/files/22567561717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdenet.mn/userfiles/file/37708321041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/41399752510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da1f19e04acd2e86c2c60728284edbc3/povileribek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/78310744255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d233feb836f---tanozefavanufojefewav.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_off00010d39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D39 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 725a66e942271382d8602ed25f10fd9df4c7b6aa066797aa4b092c98844fca7d
font_01_sfnt_off00012494.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12494 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ca6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CA6 19192 bytes
SHA-256: 29242f4e06a03a0379c1d77c118e81bb0864c59885d78c924552fa7d2f0bcdfe