Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 341ca2d9b8529527…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-21 19:32:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cd9721ad42d5f6be60dc7187323383c0 SHA-1: 0d979cdff93686aff947539a58fc049badaa7879 SHA-256: 341ca2d9b85295271699f2fa3b2f6fc70d824e9b357c37ba3104515150d50688
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's designed to host and distribute further malicious payloads. The presence of a QR code lure also points towards phishing or social engineering tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 http://china-guolin.com/filespath/files/20210913102826.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pro-roubenky.cz/UserFiles/File/7234672787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiwoodengames.com/files/upload/files/8592574617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettarecasa.com/userfiles/files/rafoduku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57bd36338369226d47861c2aa73c3fc0/68278278490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesciencenetwork.org/uploads/files/16342470686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irollee.com/userfiles/file/nunififibip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat2.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69511624064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cadelupo.it/userfiles/files/dedodajibabijupazazis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slmj8.com/data/userfiles/files/dexupokolelilokenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/664ceb708bec5b05383b2893463ebc68/7634993018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/61542735999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esz.jp/img/editor/files/53747897027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careerroots.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44258408763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1aeekk.xn--p1ai/files/file/mitagotipidutozujilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://borneneskontor-landsforening.dk/userfiles/file/90199091009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nonbodepsg.com/uploads/files/56406477412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npas.ru/pic/file/moluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-physiology.ru/upload/42850236116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89450483621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nzozkrowodrza.pl/uploads/editor/file/jupupavawirujepijalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasmedm.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sakujipow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/kovogasupimepivixugiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celesteandtorsten.wedding/images/file/97559468555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613922f3d987b---89998076013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=android+windows+cross+platform+gamesPDF 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_off0000e9f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9F8 17496 bytes
SHA-256: 8c14c8108a6e1b4bc29189110cd7e948429a3bcd49705d8eb3d0851e7235be51
font_01_sfnt_off00011734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11734 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F4B 11028 bytes
SHA-256: c7a289ea6036b98cb96b81764896ce19f266159a30a69f2430f5af1f1b58bb7a