Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34206823f2502fa6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:43:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: baa589f3f9e44b2996c9d4033ef0f233 SHA-1: 9f15f5ae47396892a82dc960886e7fb8984c2474 SHA-256: 34206823f2502fa668410b9242b27f5c395c12b37d4a6a1916b1335ddd1304d2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ryobi+pressure+cleaner+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851b61d4c2e---97226951670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/fadupemiruninag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sidm1oicu715bs21lf5j52pbkj/84979318780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettotoma.it/userfiles/files/nakapufukalojerinime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safarekhoob.ir/basefile/safarekhoobir/files/napisobejuvejekixanije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinhwajudan.com/userData/board/file/33137089583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protrialse.eu/files/files/40262035904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamadona.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61262810460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dkq29hnd68d7sjf6au80v1fce1/keloted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b72c0009c16---modizoxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/zijuwodolujuzenux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/90538565652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suapaiatuipelehakefamily.com/clients/80707/File/zapimoranurubifomepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6e2db07982---zifunuxamatewufiridebazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.deuba.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jmjv5na9bjoe8mqk84q5vjo5jr/zumujezexikofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stasta.com/userfiles/file/limunogakaxinaxasoziwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akgoz.zemta.com/uploads/files/87700506903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b62244f4672747bef74c70314c652986/45029431417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhondachem.com/d/files/nozipelifoxikikuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o8trmpqmrve205776qdmu80p4i/fidifofebogokisogapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gadd-asso.org/userfiles/file/86288004045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vipbeachhouse.com/uploads/editor/file/xideb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtoglumob.com/upload/file/julalewekofujuneza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahrestygz.com/userfiles/files/20210619_150232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d762.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD762 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF74 19112 bytes
SHA-256: 8510a15505f52ce1b753766ac87b756657bdfd313dca8f8a9b69b37726ae78d3
font_02_sfnt_off000120cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120CB 10836 bytes
SHA-256: d778f9899361f4ea9c8e813738c312049f3892c1503042da74f096711216129f