Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34461e1711e99e21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:08:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a0b2f2e6aaa5041351d0af54a34ee982 SHA-1: b21b2c6f24cb5d65049a9ba6442bef2cd7c346fe SHA-256: 34461e1711e99e21f865e20e53a8ade9f1a9c93baa9b4024309d31fcd75dab2d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, strongly suggests a phishing or malicious content delivery attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to obfuscate malicious actions or redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/jurilevuwuwosalujul.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a934a6e914814daf5c0ee94dbe9179ad/kuxibakoruwozebofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalecchi.it/userfiles/files/36580277602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/45042356278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.anandtirth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gri6cu3qfb2d8dnqjvj9vic104/rebebagasovowerotatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/84984187015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.educazionesessuale-scuola.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rasofupadodavasiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/67091989875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81a1e8ebc3835ea6712d12e022a7d353/pirivifukumav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/rarikigapumagitevazakujav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/20430000350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutandcolorparrucchieri.it/file/sisorewuparejit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cbdbe98737402a7d30a5c8ec738aa01/52767963692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/selodatumevenalezede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geostudio.eu/userfiles/files/23514602133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdng3snivl5mdltt0njhtg9v45/53517925934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acce272a8f7---tewiganofabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/bewew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibexquimica.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/rurarugoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wcd.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pitujox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161299fb791a5b---vatijuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiaohecollege.com/d/files/webebipevijod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=sbi+po+mains+2017+question+paper+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000d9d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E7 18376 bytes
SHA-256: 35d88c5c2c729927f1d0b47730eff0b304ea30fe1ef7591f72b6945433eea263
font_02_sfnt_off00012173.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12173 11552 bytes
SHA-256: 6e4b5a782df141679f6be3c5cb3d75d55c35a3f91f45674b8319a1828e19f89c