Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 334eed44cdcc73ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-07 09:00:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: aa71c6429e2b11aeb036b33f6b58ecef SHA-1: 8233d4b9a8aa9c771b8126662a940ab791ee4109 SHA-256: 334eed44cdcc73ce9e43ee308298926c0485404109077fb61c43886b0be69d0f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to obfuscate the final destination and track campaign effectiveness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/1226913494.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://seanbittinger.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/16365523297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2263e3331---kidamubekorutotonefebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/egclnsrjcbbkt7cpmp9l7j8mn7/lopabafefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/313f4f80a8f6eb864d45e5e98230c659/bumifeberorigibefinidib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716152e3263---poniwuledabujidajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba16dcb160---38289883342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863a9e17d3d---26056326065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/masetinuxavepopabulogoror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-fasteners.eu/media/file/89837316693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088bdfa7aef8---zagexoxiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3be170695d---85477959506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbcasc.net/imgs/file/ripusifefet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u4f58v96r3e4skjou5cp4qcpo0/8918096453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0387d33bc405631befc6ee21c7a9a167/seduweja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/20499832174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/569238def6e37c197383a1c62342ab56/4957644395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/muvifikutodotasisogipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/20842675857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/811494fc9ac5b9cbae7edd61b9c23a3a/bokizokiziveporuvumomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce8d690104b---45974848929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gd-weimi.com/upfolder/e/files/20210704103836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog//file/kadokudodaxubosapere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=dynamic+meaning+in+physicsPDF 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_off0000f173.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF173 10572 bytes
SHA-256: e45d5539404ee9d3173ce56d42aa65ddc21d55a5d9741010724fe4a1571eeb06
font_01_sfnt_off00010967.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10967 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012179.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12179 16616 bytes
SHA-256: 59860ab5b8900a151e9e58fcacb0df9bc90ec3acb222755b4e70522099324918

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