Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 342e6694307863b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:25:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: de7f50e9f8165737cc2c16dbd86d212b SHA-1: 2c345cbf50396bd230c71be220c257f6bd78c423 SHA-256: 342e6694307863b0853a88b9f8cd244a5f18f8b1951ec5905d3a0191e21c28bf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed for SEO manipulation, likely to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript, while not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, is a common vector for further exploitation in such documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8af1ef0843e6309ae3e7c543479d5b57/sazepesopabi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cdf6f5bbe1ce4937525daaa71a52fc9/7461842848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/porowaxarikubigibivatux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingmontagna.com/userfiles/files/40932147915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf627c5ee6---33853074612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/449aa3379bdf105eb23a6e9d7c990625/malumejopagagujinivul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161028d48bf2bb---pebanunoxubeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fuoriscena.eu/file/dupanisivofepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettipassarinmarzotto.com/userfiles/files/meriwigeluku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086eb0621f23---24099650891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phonphangschool.com/upload/files/26906236965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be9d5c544f---rilimowexavugatufaputa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fca4486f3b---55644526764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe73fc22e2---12254642339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de25630e9f2---9343892548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kseefsb5knal35hngi4siiok0p/76714740981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bigamopogevotoruvexoteda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advik.net/userfiles/file/89557151794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventmetal.ru/userfiles/files/ponulexibab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoop-tech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67827828296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettosirocco.it/userfiles/files/rebewosilemibusavetixus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/55207296785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b513fe69863---57768175126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=garland+for+supreme+courtPDF 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_off0000db16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB16 10828 bytes
SHA-256: cf3e5ce8f6a00984c01c693811165dd2690fc86606a6369bd1f5e34f17f373c2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f418.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF418 18020 bytes
SHA-256: 51bf799120896eaeb04bf0c402b9c9c15c82b35a47dd4b632f672965dc331a8d
font_02_sfnt_off00012354.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12354 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1