Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e29c17368f5fdf39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 21:04:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c2838f7597375ba7121ff0989d8a913f SHA-1: f51cc7576f8202c5b8476fef63fb546698641eee SHA-256: e29c17368f5fdf39d61d0028333d302e275580ef4e16a14577fb4b5c8afd2feb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicate a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://hoangminhceramics.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/35757373841.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://inannamsao.com/uploads/files/mireluxapuboki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelharmika.com/assets/userfiles/files/57048550222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nepalbestcargo.com/userfiles/file/fasesuzexaganetivesipivid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redemaisfarma.com/userfiles/file/31953228030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presstone.hu/userfiles/file/bafadofogeduzukadeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldwidestationeryholdings.com/files/file/75355298802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gcoekmr.org/cukashmir/User_Files/imagefile/32222358479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labellebeaute.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woraruwarepez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basketaci.cz/UserFiles/File/79396747468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donovaly-ubytovanie-safran.sk/web/userfiles/file/ziruneragufasil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/kezinesili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/084a1efb6a08a0d4001f5132b199084c/nesiwixolodalubajidone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ce-mi.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/rorisopopogafekajebajax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spitalmoldovanoua.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40648117663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d191051618---5955313757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiw.gbpopatowiec.pl/img/upload/files/79732736148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/15006959640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tanthueviet.vn/img_data/files/1063025469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csp.hu/editor_up/gevojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxqcgs.net/filespath/files/20210914130930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eaa26c23e4---dopavadufebok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vantainoidia.vn/ci/userfiles/files/duzojipisirijiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021090900450773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongchengtech.com/uploads/files/202109172245399783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahzycw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-14/20210914065455810274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=why+is+my+internet+not+connecting+to+my+phonePDF 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_off0000e9ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9BA 18436 bytes
SHA-256: 05fdde141ae98ecafad490b2d194724502cbb9ac78509f3c4e8db68a857d6d75
font_01_sfnt_off00011a44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A44 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001325b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1325B 10720 bytes
SHA-256: a57b681ff24252cfc9bd4477c03ffc5339c4c71999ff7ace3004bdfb2b1ffc28