Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34191e150fbd5cf1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 06:05:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 2ae5111a8efd6218117a399fcd973ea6 SHA-1: d9c423d660ea90f018d960081a627fd171cd1551 SHA-256: 34191e150fbd5cf1d45e258db9b4fc8d1ebf9f13bc4982d3642014ca19a69c64
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, but the presence of a 'download' button heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/ketujozakedunuvagiwuzad.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fertilityupdates.com/userfiles/files/kizofunuxuzarisanamibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praguetransfer.com/files/file/73937710214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seowonbattery.com/files/fckeditor/file/1027820051613886d89a348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harposwebdesign.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/40272922450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsklife.com/filespath/files/20210914112108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/gisepajuniju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burelomdo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joxizubobura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunglivet.com/uploads/files/202109111942285414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffe3d7102be76a26f5fc3adecf7297d0/94112725631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silarperu.com/UserFiles/file/61591749085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jlgardner.org/home/jlg/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mugafesirageti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161394104c5026---tajugasefosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161427b2c0f61c---15270019113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralahappyjourney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ledav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/66677295154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353271b579e---63176365037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.com/userfiles/file/75074428541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncltandatbar.com/home/ncltandat/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pakinet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourconn.com/userfiles/file/202109021552199746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thainightjob.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58458264025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemicilojistik.com/userfiles/upload/file/bosefom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czerwoneiczarne.pl/files/file/gemak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasaitogo.com/uploads/files/jadofuvapologalibuxexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bike-aholic.com/UserFiles/file/78354099762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandioso.asia/editor_upload_image/file/42387149434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.examnotice.in/uploads/files/dusamajufolekan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=puffin+web+pro+apkPDF 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_off0000ed6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010585.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10585 10456 bytes
SHA-256: 25771234f63e9fb0a93bde8b849e832c2dd031ed3e00e4c62069bc98bccdd50f
font_02_sfnt_off00011d30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D30 18408 bytes
SHA-256: 837a3189d02cc3755cc9b031c6fb40e2a583d07487c78fb9a8c473c494fced05