Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 340f6864317c6529…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 06:14:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 45da29a89efbe93dc8ab877c158c152a SHA-1: 6b1c2085529ca036fb2c7172f2087edea176697a SHA-256: 340f6864317c652919f1e11b7e489702adcf3342c6c2e588ed18dfc0cc78454c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' suggests the document is designed to trick the user into opening a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass security filters. The numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting further support its role as a distribution mechanism for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://repare-ton-smartphone.com/userfiles/file/varubofedelilajuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vui22hutmbfhmkrt2sjfvb3p9t/mizurulamalizusizeriwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5ff849b5cb655769a83ab2ae4e88897/37588913161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bientannamhuy.com/wp-content/uploads/files/83240130918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/778d0d82d6b3c43dab1132653ce15f79/98228268119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3cff7c00c0---97674837449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817a67d18be---4050295125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/dorivefawikemiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://racecross.com/upload/edito_fckeditor/file/35154382998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9b67f9936ea28a1399285cb6cc85138/bajerulonojuvupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/62105613098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f131784f50---84019797142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essentielles-theater.de/UserFiles/File/89198287337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607515c02e14c---52590897689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45e58bea1827f952047c4143ad537004/tarikejedokerab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd2cd25bef---49252227647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsprojekt.eu/userfiles/files/24529642784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607046f8c4622---bonetadewiguxogoxijazoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47ce2bd09d334494cd3ccedce830ac1e/tilulazijegajubunusubej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/20216145179240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d0a649841---bapofisagizimidadozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a599ec142a5---wominafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtrak.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59591863634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8f6c95da0---53241269319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=manual+de+usuario+d-link+dap-1360+en+espa%C3%B1olPDF 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_off0000ef77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF77 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 1769e8c1192f398877c28da81b1ce1400341f70282ce547ad9e21cd77843373c
font_01_sfnt_off000109a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A6 19016 bytes
SHA-256: 2bde0bc63268da16fe19146ea9d8e78f1521c5e37119a72c7683fe87acdb6717
font_02_sfnt_off000139b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1