Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 341b574fce76d2c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 23:23:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5b2a54ceab85d5a149519afc95c5e845 SHA-1: db74c30576e4467a4bde6805259465e9252ab0e0 SHA-256: 341b574fce76d2c0d5655a6d7ea2e9e42110fc0fc80f3bd4f1c3b6d0ab9cb91a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9938

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://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/41741800715.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6alab0lmg1imkpljturbbmf553/65159112719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitajeans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54429146541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents//files/wogutigar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heider.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7690e3a996c035362447d6a6c782b79a/neponitipikuguwepijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://p1gtac.com/uploader/files/2413419536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esrafisek.com/images_upload/files/23750147239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sv48ok2rd0p1b7tn15efijn802/vofajokudanarebun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a83cd9eb365---57822921751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ebe2b4416---vezobolitewedupekarul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b8552a747---wokixivirulafululoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105020653122174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pieseautocomenzi.ro/userfiles/file/12148883184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinyardim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/780514081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoevalledeabdalajis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13394355760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cecc16879c---94274970700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607228371e012---30941202354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fizjolech.pl/userfiles/file/38777221528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/wuwowajepiguseporiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791312b6c14---40665411281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirche-treuen.de/UserFiles/File/tepotoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093c9ff9d252---71855521895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/tuzosogodajogukeron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6991c25453273029a58d543c58224625/57583541613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://criminisiepartners.it/userfiles/files/vojorosazazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+resize+pdf+foxitPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bc89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC89 10416 bytes
SHA-256: aee645653847ce926547480502088d3d1da40ae7e004c7688d804db8615e2d9e
font_01_sfnt_off0000d455.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD455 20504 bytes
SHA-256: 3d02a0acada85444492d69b9066ad31dcad359d74b3c90621960a9903f29e34f
font_02_sfnt_off00010689.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10689 16244 bytes
SHA-256: f74afd43c04b882caf2cf4abe35f4f287291876a5effbe79c277cf827c8612e5
font_03_sfnt_off00011c84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1