Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 340d80ba09a9a1b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-08-31 01:37:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: fe3464c9b0c2b823e4c3a0896dfa8160 SHA-1: 957ecee50bcd4cefe17c94a369ca0ee2183102cc SHA-256: 340d80ba09a9a1b6febe295258ad5d95a3a51162295a43d49dfbcdb0ca8cc3c0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various compromised websites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links to compromised CMS upload directories reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://dhcom.vn/userfiles/file/80252664146.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nn6phuq6e03988lr7radjcrk62/86361741609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hjtech.org/admin/upfile/file/45281101566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80ef850a2c45c07cc60b520341f9ac03/65971526416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608918ad64b0b---64630417288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06a4c49b6a---polidagizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4111385db820b814702e0442c3d1ff77/38392324790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63f36n4c12qhr2p7r1kgqemd1k/vidosigupakulomivoduzefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/58600386677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siahotel.com/userfiles/files/fiwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca9d951f9e---febemov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnaixi.com/userfiles/file/20210801040004_1146136683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altaamir.ipixpms.com/Rapport/public/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78968932542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/pefigufojezunasanoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d84c6df0a20---bifuwaxilezesaxida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860a13d9b08---masefefomunarexifisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aatg4aaaddkhfhbf3evf.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18398083324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okazdedziecko.pl/_files/Media/file/jepijajisaves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudureornementalelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/59797316192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzdsbg.com/uploadfile/1621032425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ff57ee529---91194661651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegaletrotta.eu/userfiles/files/72158273190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/4714483386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bad04657fc3---xajipukiketuparodojumonik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+enchant+a+diamond+sword+with+sharpness+1000PDF 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_off0000ebad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBAD 10984 bytes
SHA-256: d51994d6341900c89852600528783e758e4e2c72eec8d138363355df7e1c5a46
font_01_sfnt_off00010504.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10504 19796 bytes
SHA-256: 1cba71594f8a0783cce34594dbe348d79d32cd3f536ce595b99e1ee7ed99f654
font_02_sfnt_off00013a18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1