Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0340004d7a91aa68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 05:36:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 574634f9494ef0110fe66071b7618535 SHA-1: 6169ab68a4dcfc0d3fe5e610665d497d5e3f9374 SHA-256: 0340004d7a91aa683a6ff6170c5229c3245f745429ad3185a1a9ea91d6281547
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the URL structure and heuristic firings are sufficient to determine the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

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://dzbnf.com/upload/file///26003018535.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0r3vkh82dpivh0j25cp7go9tal/jesasevetaniboze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/kopebosopikegibawaduture.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c588bcc7370---63621905879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bishopsalamatkhokhar.org/userfiles/file/xekobadejati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/77088652254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd08d77ee19---1201691481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dfc5210cd4f9bb85cb682f71f27813a/58367880269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reelproductionshd.com/userfiles/file/gesawoligegok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853fed6818b---6962239136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eaaa56571e---82467594621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalkulacka-hypo.cz/userfiles/files/12666731849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i8lq6dckofamu51s6b3hal2v00/luzomipulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771fac78660---muvavupujarawira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhadatonline24h.com/Images_upload/files/binonezapopigozen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74f9a42abad4dad121f9605109c4bb7b/wimenes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d50374e4cd---siburoxedakowaridu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5754a2cb5d---kifukejibemunesete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607924c03f94c---genutaripibobar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/5119432367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6e8b9001467a6e920e45b174f8a0357/moledaxovov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e747b22314---bekipiruzoranuwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4b6ae878a---55164965749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/motaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=digimon+world+next+order+digivolution+conditionsPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010109.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10109 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 3c27a8e284fa07d117727fb03c35ac6afbeda2c9043512a30e74538acb9a0f5e
font_01_sfnt_off00011a1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A1A 18532 bytes
SHA-256: 4ff379d7e173c2bc0c0ee0088d088091dd69db1fc2056c08e255c3604768b320
font_02_sfnt_off00014a77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A77 4968 bytes
SHA-256: a20de37a9ba77aea901d6c6460951d63aed2c94b2db2a0406464fd7f39cb84af
font_03_sfnt_off00015ca8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1