Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7a29b88c429ed40…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:46:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a7631429b04aeb79d698b8bc4f6f341d SHA-1: 3e921a58144a9559fe1afaab75956facae269496 SHA-256: e7a29b88c429ed4026ef0e332b5681362367467f210a517129e1748fb2cdd26f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous links on disposable or compromised hosting suggests a coordinated effort to obscure the ultimate destination or to leverage existing vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://bacsiha.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/diduwab.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1e86l8srosuh578fckk5bdv8q/28770925303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8df4bae6c7---63120231473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b361377bef---50220054177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cbb0e53e1---bopekud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161157673a14ff---jidonopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvamontbihor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/13539762213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.passion-rnd.com/upfile/files/2021/06/12/pobutunaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55dd1624f456c1cbb6bc29afe66e11bb/17036612294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1cfd841270---fasatevefujopik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/jabakizidabosusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercy-grand.ru/files/file/16615182209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o8tuci1jf797mtjomt0q9j756j/xirarawiwuvotexefaguzut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2487fae683---10308678323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuzfarm.ru/images/file/bibed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccapostolicchurch.org/clients/1/19/19d200bce63520a637954fb60b162b1a/File/fimemigewalode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crediramasrl.it/public/file/31838548001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ea3eddb0a---55860947285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/71600088167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/wajelobejopuxopekilib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/popagogilebasojuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://billionbosses.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bejidonaxidolopovavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/39853025598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rozoxejafositafozalik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=melancholy+personality+in+the+biblePDF 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_off0000d421.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD421 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC38 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 1edcc7edc426cc5d7c7e088eafc37ceaf8e02079e22edf483802c9613a2a265f
font_02_sfnt_off00010490.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10490 17004 bytes
SHA-256: e6405fe28aa2b72d7cb417cf69627670886f31d95ed3d7bccec8b5301784b14b