Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eaa29b26e71c130e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-06-30 07:33:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a85fdf7b29fbacc7f71cb0683f64aaa4 SHA-1: 17629f701d42332c79ead32eace38b8e0d8acd9a SHA-256: eaa29b26e71c130e9bfd9bcfdad36c7566318282fc2620143bd8a15497feb200
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate this is a link farm designed to direct users to external sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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 https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab052ea03f9---33191532906.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/6215196893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ndnmpb13j97sb2f981mfsqab3/11864151947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://washburnhs64.com/clients/f/f7/f75dc469904bb25755ea64d7551c4a95/File/mupegafelutilefopawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/suworilisagerifubufebagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1bcce1368---vimefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/45177103790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ac72dc04efa4718b88ca1d8f27a58fa/tutipotegosizope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/85742178669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf8658088b---sakojetosanujoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d425464ff50---fiwodutut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morganmethod.com/ci/userfiles/files/12885512814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/lutetamozetizanes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080424495939---sedokekilijakabov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a5eed40c1---10664631405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb4ae2611c---pizurezudaxofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c75b7b93f7---59645916853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bf0ebfcb1---21275998684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1lnog75lrnbmhlkn0jbvn1c9m4/zepewineboweziwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/15523636801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eccc11f86c47ad5a2f2715ae4b20c2aa/78656210143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/87751358924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/76606172951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/purufajakuvixuvit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=witcher+cheat+codePDF 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_off00010ce7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE7 10144 bytes
SHA-256: 55ae9fa03126a59950863febaf755d39684d42134d59e42a99df08d896109de2
font_01_sfnt_off000123bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013bcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BCF 17632 bytes
SHA-256: 67a5fed8ab6e13056d26256343c4c1db99781cd56fedf19e772a92e4a2fb25da