Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e29c9638cd9ffc8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:24:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 95ae869f7a689dc5583a57a45f0667e2 SHA-1: 348268216488510812d640902cabd6ec991a5967 SHA-256: e29c9638cd9ffc8e944221ea341224a54576f2daf3ff63aa6d83dd8237867a21
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for malicious redirection. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=math+riddles+for+6th+graders PDF link annotation
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/50629652951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/jitomanijafijaxawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41f38eeb21---sujaruxurewugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photojet.bg/userfiles/file/58194708697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/temefizabulinope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///1340529458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f718ccdeda---32977047858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/datufijelovebabipuxemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/fovozifalenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3ba13c1a4---buzazidivusabunanuked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/80713128884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f3ce91d86---24579227906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dancleland.com/img/upload/file/93757103863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085739c7862a---44711107980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnktools-th.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3285932706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8e3c9df99c---66285437062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ia29i7klk2gibukkt3e5vvgg1/2300601712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hk6qsrkmna19skdp8tdidksoer/58364028665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087db564f4d0---70695221369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0e453c7f2---tizozuvagisif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b896e05dd9a---bijonegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hrmconsulting.biz/upload/files/pidudatur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f56973a88ec51a824267a5eeb9409913/98375588895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796befa7497---54949623262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4976c4ec699da55b9213acfbe4d6468/17343838264.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_off0000e193.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE193 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 247f26a7ea14811e1f414121f02de1dec9310f309364589c87fc30942285b9fa
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA0B 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 3c4740c899d10558cbec0b7def5f5b80224ff2cab0de9b5b372830929ca7f1de
font_02_sfnt_off000127a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1