Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 034e0bd97591575a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-08-09 18:47:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e89fdb7398368ff0a67fa8753aaa28af SHA-1: b922ae9800ecfca74db992f005d0a261339c5972 SHA-256: 034e0bd97591575ab88250e8a8e415dfcd59564cb9c4b2a2e438d0834fd07db1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristic suggest it's designed to facilitate the download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9726

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://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/gemasoxuloxamokerisu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/kokofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abcb1f32bcb---24852421962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769ccbc4404---mikifijabepojuxules.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etadelloro.it/images/file/33089064879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ferm-matic.fr/upload/file/53199354508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873d0743812---vosefizeguzunagejonobogem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tte87ss73935np8kdki10bs65/jurevikovawozipapitoseru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/bamasakubafopixababu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdwatch.net/upload/files/2021070115453983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759cd2a758f---jagaxijuneralufusurubamip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c07b0020c89---95647242369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160c69547ef865---kitakaboxazotavomesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordan.si/dokumenti/file/pipotevaratilururatati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160891a7609086---61008567232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a46f840ec79---nulavawopawolif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dbcb443450636c7c112bc56c2a81f9a/verideruwageti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sictombbi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mapevitexivola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782c26429cc---teritujedonef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d98dd2c493b3cae08b429d76db37f4e7/vifewatolepugusafetimesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woods-china.cn/ci2/userfiles/files/20210801211546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7c47190ea3---27129867433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/negakinuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/118bfb0008165e5a0541d485f18a7f83/wikuwovopoborezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gsm.company/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gewonexirazekovumade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4db5cc5a0cdde0734ab3130745b528f/lewopemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=logo+quiz+mod+apk+free+download+2020PDF 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_off0000f330.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF330 17564 bytes
SHA-256: 5e684aad790487ea56301b8f0c5608bf3c7a45cdb006b567b6875c8933d42a94
font_01_sfnt_off0001213f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013950.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13950 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
font_03_sfnt_off00014e96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E96 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 37d80f4acf9dc18691ff9ce35d59687ff3ebc588d5531a2f8e1a6a5ada1c69d5