Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 234e595df77428a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.2 KB Created: 2021-07-18 21:24:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 0c1f592d2f9b11ea8fcae96799032e42 SHA-1: 3ef930bb1664cd89afe6c9911476aa2afb91f4d4 SHA-256: 234e595df77428a63e525f60e0bb613460720614e5ebc8bc968d7abe5cf829ed
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or redirection scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites, potentially for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/76964372576.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/34541623661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a7b43b334ec43f07f9042a201d2335d/96808491673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093398f52764---lexupevojeriwilinikudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c078e7fcd---begalomuwudeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/16497153870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ff9c051c36fe535f5e818bba07c1656/fukezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/euh1qk32ghr1ii0gb6ps592tl7/vuteru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6048afb274e2e8a78f61cf5ead7cc145/5069227687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teresachild.com/upload/files/37405540088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chonburi33.com/userfiles/file/52103989188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ned.ru/uploads/files/lowude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091800b3f9ba---lusaziki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d9f00067ea9b0b1dfd8f15b2e3fb615/durano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q15e62ter4hep2qkugfno49iv6/golorobidijufeloxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjdb9n6kqetia5aj0t9qdcg3ql/sibijufuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/38496991386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satisfytech.com/ck/upload/files/fadopereb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33b1e2677afc6639f9e52711e9709b47/lomozagaxinetulonigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/kogesazerezirajefomunasuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fab47854e8---44995483463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/menakasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/wowunutije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=three+types+of+eating+disordersPDF 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_off00011ec0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EC0 16880 bytes
SHA-256: 45d152432d322ea5e40ff2650d74830ab2984e4285ab95491ed2d30b5b639e4b
font_01_sfnt_off00014abb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14ABB 10808 bytes
SHA-256: d497e93ec541027955f7f534772426d29b22168a5eae4addc0a3b49fb3bd0af8
font_02_sfnt_off00016370.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16370 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1