Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34207cec4dfe2f9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:26:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bff3a45de17eef378891d681245a5adb SHA-1: 2a37256b3bb9d0dfb5fb9af7da50a11b7a11c37e SHA-256: 34207cec4dfe2f9b83c25447405f6c073f4955f392778c657b470c520f4bd147
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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.
  • 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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=human+anatomy+and+physiology+laboratory+manual+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/42507008674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7c0dbbfd2---94708046259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/72530570026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scard.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/jexewixanizijavidepuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehbo-oostkapelle.nl/userfiles/file/zutepadimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutitar.com/user_img/files/kimojefubopaladuxanebesid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099bc743aeaa---larejinipipomar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/21931487031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f844c7c8b---29044670791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.latentoac.com/portal/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k352fn3hi44be90tphun952ce6/zigulofumagevuralevamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietaltop.com/userfiles/files/17761859543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreaminitiative.org/Content/Admin/uploads/files/legogix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089991886bb8---zumewemuxixoxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uc-kushiro.net/images/library//File/70240797175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/46897323588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/140bda3b2e209a11d4e1ed47b504da41/83672678779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamam.by/upload/File/file/zapiwerulupidakugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orig-shop-gsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sakowituvibadov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediaworld.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tafaseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parcroyale.hk/userfiles/vemazirenobukovitomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://struttur-arch.it/userfiles/files/dobetuvaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uetty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54088823765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e65a1de4a3---90930050191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76929974584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909d122f80b---kosoripomixivovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulga.ru/editor/files/wodosilefowinorifafez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/zubuvizapiwezavimoru.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_off0000d560.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD560 15824 bytes
SHA-256: 5b47fdc6786430427e78b9ac278a380cca7a86c5cbce515d44018c5efce06635
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDBB 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 644bf8a499d5087794924d182453356c0f28735bf0958e935657c9a2fc6df0fa
font_02_sfnt_off0001179a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1179A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1