Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 344a7b9b5e514a35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-08-30 03:34:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b0a6dd36b2335799ca57b146320a4601 SHA-1: 2e57a5a2662d57daa19f39b7076f2d2fe56d626d SHA-256: 344a7b9b5e514a3579953912699e770a360fd24ff675d20c885c6d60f3467057
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple URLs hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e4462aaef---54356480969.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pekf0mu418oh2q81lq2hmt2876/10236260665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moonlightmontessori.com/upload/files/xanirum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handlpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vavumake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5e599b0e0---56673287407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d35282b87b8---gavujojezisusipineji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmen-bekleidung.at/userfiles/file/givixokepexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optikametuje.cz/userfiles/file/defopenowered.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autowagon.it/userfiles/files/tijebirozejosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d53e478d865---55508658047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daming-school.com/userfiles/file/jujigum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d78fed09ab---zukipatakalenasevovur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091fbb48d779---95083546827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uvmrr08inra2146elr5v4ng3j6/batodelobibid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/wiminowinik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rceeqasghki2sshq7heacn53v2/vemegonunot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3cogrhlrst922kufu6o8hnlh5/26129601089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/4562695130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/revodobazubupiroromix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202107241532524566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqs81l8m16fo3lsrh7m7s8qoag/83541480849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voyageaventurenepal.com/upload/files/bopija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e0daaf2a517ea284624406569e1ee8f/91113161821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar-toys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5926031963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087072d28053---62426736289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghibms.com/userfiles/files/70202151614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=nadaswaram+mp3+download+for+templePDF 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_off0000c503.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC503 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 91677c4413ada79202b10e471d9eb89a490daef5d720c266e71a98fd4064a67c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f610.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF610 16812 bytes
SHA-256: cffbe3b9122d8d1d8046386616eb9f3a84be1a6d69c01997bf938bcb6e17ec8c