Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 340af01c8f5171ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 07:20:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0aa9815f9089ea1a40049c0de7353998 SHA-1: 09d5ed0280562670ff6a577033d677fafa29ff2e SHA-256: 340af01c8f5171ad413e04a5cc2c75eb9ca103f2084148f7d3e16393bbe0a418
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, suggesting it attempts to execute code within the PDF viewer. The numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicate a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71kq3o6s1lnfapr0868p5iiedd/kotasutezokasaf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607409c79a51e---xilimumopivelopituzuwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c0027e96b---vavozosawepibep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banlinhkienlaptop.com/userfiles/file/74583588423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02db0c77de---zasilasuvataxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euhoca.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14157272062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jp-photo.cz/soubory/files/57734462618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a7dbb0696---39233848031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4m1bbg31bgorsajqd0oqilcei/doxevif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b9c262d1d03ae566d51a254223f5cd2/227197125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shellserva.nl/docs/Image/file/47772375327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983100dd9dd---guvakinuvizivejekevajuwul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/pozebovomatijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/11517734293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/84111045945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stillwaterponies83.com/clients/74660/File/sidaremi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vf48l9jsqa381tb168ubfbbbvn/13346894673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7dabdcf8be---85670179770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607037a242eb8---79246163020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77b526425cbb7b6eddffd5e2a00e89c4/65706582015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/xuxufolepefujivopatawevos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6869d6b560---50252348196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seedomoretravel.com/files/files/90102919474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=cranial+nerves+labeled+diagramPDF 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_off00014861.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14861 16584 bytes
SHA-256: cbe53e1d63e763a1cf99be62991e0c653d2d7c4e7f0488187a7634686fdfe41a
font_01_sfnt_off0001737e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1737E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00018b95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18B95 10608 bytes
SHA-256: ff057523b9df950492bddb659d4f1cccf0e937b7eb89a6ea539cb22e10839dfd

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