Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da5929fbfba85f91…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-24 10:08:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: e712c5c3cb872a913a9ca01ad9f4b089 SHA-1: 39571f2c1420cfadcdc5caa5b355d58025d01676 SHA-256: da5929fbfba85f919752c9892e4a2b5d2119644c417e6798659edd60241729bb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded links pointing to compromised websites, many of which appear to be WordPress installations used for hosting malicious files. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm strategy, likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mudar+conta+gmail+no+android PDF link annotation
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dd83f2fb77---34790088237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161308521864ca---74476991487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intproplaw.com/admin/uploads/file/74710795374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chingchia.com/uploads/files/202109112323201786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart.sut.ac.th/tsme/src/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muzopiligep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kowalstwwo.pl/public/cms/images/file/96656285477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rwd1.thadv.com/upload/files/figavixivixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613717db1b9ab---giwizimes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ego-sofa.tw/uploads/files/202109150438561780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/81308704265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/rusubopidipuwujumanelodur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oshcongregation.com/userfiles/file/75702950059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/rapesakexeratu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muntepa.com/userfiles/files/lomidukuxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tcf.gov.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mukasexanivazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021090915174080554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j6k44grrnsp8h9ntens8iibh6p/dugekifiruwaxibesikep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/442511058681630462301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b9c628985d---riwuwudogizetoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur3.com/contents/files/vafuvazodidinumom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/15403927360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.dubaimotorhomerentals.com/uploaded_images/files/wofosilosidikepasefaret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trinityautorepairs.com/uploads/files/dejexukam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/607a4c1ce438485d21d5f6f6b59b8903/96146285014.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_off0000cbf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBF3 18268 bytes
SHA-256: 92e5f142092eb34ac4d80f226f403e4c5992783ac0a5fbc3b8baa874f60bb3a9
font_01_sfnt_off0000fad4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000112eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112EB 10504 bytes
SHA-256: d3fdeb79936bad5198abd97b29aeab7e1f6e8cbaad201071e8ba00a00fe1af9b