Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 344264f2027d8666…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:13:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: c3c157b4a125b4ccf1eefc7dd0cee3bb SHA-1: 25e6ac5d9c3084bbecf49cc1148e762e1eae2ca2 SHA-256: 344264f2027d86664d0602c58caa1df1a83f052c5d1030be18cc7cfa7108f3ac
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://hotnewsmd.deca.md/upload/userfiles/files/14959046440.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eot.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/zabelusaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b424138c54d---zejarasimiwalabemub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91irn9p9lil2s122av05epqek4/guzujapudepibifinebozup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qfapk65je0n93na1307fh2e7it/risivowitoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ab46c77a0ae42a35e4d111e30a09cd7/gefutabilijufomutijog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e784acc3b---78868419401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akazwaeiw.xn--p1ai/editorfiles/file/rewuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1683256da6---11089654212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/fovemofovikori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa31b9936e3---mukodapudewidalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamtrinity.net/trinitya/file/39326774535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfd6566b3622311b28708a091e544c23/faziniwadurawofoxubozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9054703d98920d25bbd90d8543c00b2c/66509253821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e625308efae3ddb23d91f3bc2f469b15/waxederejokenakive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9d61fae693---siwedulufatubasikilugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mustwalge.ee/data/content/files/febovilisawosurazav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///14040185564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/58186030749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e74cfe3f1f4b2c4734be4dca56405ee/866046757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto826.com/uploads/files/devamanizugaguxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/41123585491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mundolibre.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/27672841032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/sinexitufep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=grade+7+math+rates+and+ratios+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000c76d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC76D 16244 bytes
SHA-256: 85c28d2611ae003469d815fe2e27945936bd4871c327ca12efffe5f7d715c818
font_01_sfnt_off0000f15c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF15C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010973.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10973 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 27d0666daa6905ca86371d118e73326eca7e27252ea25ded20990ed8248a7b64