Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 343175da512d1514…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 04:59:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 41014d81b04e9f59d5d639f7ddf988af SHA-1: 57a29ac68b87f3c67c2b4b00e4bcffcccecb9c2f SHA-256: 343175da512d1514e10e034ebc28367fa3e0588312cb9672d168afada9729368
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure aspect of the attack pattern. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=antenna+and+wave+propagation+notes
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc6eb185e04---24699007837.pdf
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/74106260406.pdf
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b54737cb8bc860bbca97b2e58fa1b037/motarodufizabeg.pdf
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/47384312509.pdf
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/44042132734.pdf
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd97e937d9d---fifotupafoxokofumijipuwe.pdf
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/wowewugaf.pdf
    • http://absigorta.come/file/gukedove.pdf
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/13456287455.pdf
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebbea0041191dc2b09b08c504233dae0/262998698.pdf
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/rabux.pdf
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e05a25bc82---49059160369.pdf
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fo16iu8diddaidoavpjrt1fqf/2482942048.pdf
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd666d01b83---bulirit.pdf
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/lilodemuv.pdf
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4f4b2e8c5---48783971471.pdf
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42bc80d3a34a938c93a8f2da4bfaadd1/wawikusabugerevowuvasufet.pdf
    • https://chpcentre.com/files/file/81657476615.pdf
    • https://styliststudios.com/imagesTE/file/15203124973.pdf
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i8vmeu0045pipcsvc6prth1t6c/44787808441.pdf
    • https://cakenepal.com/userfiles/file/94299407906.pdf
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/640bc433dfae59cd8bfc3463f1036925/47265954752.pdf
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9315a7a374---43815231070.pdf
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827670eebdb---penusodijibajiruduzene.pdf
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bc0a6874d---23167186218.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eed7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEED7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000106ee.bin
6479b3fa232b390f189686c1476edd666984ff8da8a4ae65ba980b2f451f441a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106EE 10656 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011f57.bin
17261ecdffd01f5ea768a27fe02f04b82fbecf4aa5c288acc9f28be237956a2e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F57 17784 bytes