Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34080b77fc11e4a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:08:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 022b33506ae24ec02614d0cf693e41ee SHA-1: 152525d677505239f7cc7c94e5e7e4e7a46f101c SHA-256: 34080b77fc11e4a988b88520874400d2358b972a91a8037c1fe50ea45afa9ddb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicates a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its classification as a phishing or trojanized PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=caballo+de+troya+tomo+1+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/51052981404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/352497b049b1092fe8bac093e80fcb55/7500386940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bolshunoff.ru/images/wysiwyg/file/83272384022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086840861375---90211762494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/7845323394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/39375060115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866a9d79d35---62891772415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca0a54381d---2440994976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impactpluslearning.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xutefulavuwusemejifemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ng-sons.com/userfiles/file/xokimenorudolesapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denkobarbell.com/_upload/files/vatudoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laserinnsbruck.com/static/26972256833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://huuphongplastic.vn/uploads/images/files/92493139260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6aa098f8a---tagifuzorufogum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5b506e2b2655464d1415224718cfdf9/dafakixodivivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a125e83b4f3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyellisonfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/ff/ff850d76676c1858bf5e443b7a907d3b/File/17957981954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/26393880608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/39156573633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f04fbe0075b---95695852713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5911f94fb94aae76a6c25f49fec7c8de/70112215035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742a0f158a7---dubudibexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otvorene-srdce.sk/userfiles/file/10669049109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f6a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010eb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB5 18832 bytes
SHA-256: c504110953e9265d58dd873d99a0adf44d6577e1f394a4dba6bd589de1627eaa
font_02_sfnt_off00013ee1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EE1 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 31361c2f2b5cd2afd97e03d6a4e892521251f650aa64ec7e20666ac6852f7d21