Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34511cfc669d4d72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 13:45:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 7ade9d2f6c24267934e9a188d86e5731 SHA-1: 87d5c488c647a75d35b3c6a72b450f41374612be SHA-256: 34511cfc669d4d72126fb81093afa44d17d6d0c0a432634b2a3f9354bcb48862
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or trojan activity. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing lures designed to trick users into downloading further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d8f03bc60---zokepojarudoruwipu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac34bbdd529---zokerevalozemejabejuren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/degujarisudikasux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c88e69789b---76383760242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f91f671141---mezovumusovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b482182e1---xajovafeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/kemowawisomiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fedcbd72bb---rapimebatugawaruruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avantagesapp.com/uploads/files/xawabonogadodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sud9up31nrqh3g9n3u114a9lj3/57112584474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d43ecf60caa---85084747934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097db758de7e---nejilebovave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de875091f7---zowizase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ab0b9a120634b7be0b6ce361900224d/gotabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a882836c25a---45564752029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90050fd9d682369bb2b2e7502ab84d5e/fawobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/sujumakuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panificiopasticceriabattaglia.it/file/bevipituviselunusanik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d950b87444bf6b670977d6a0f6710e7/zujoxerabofupasevaxapem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///ginawosifukilelezutitik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608871692cd31---kutifosojikufonalosisozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f3793938d---dovawaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonhn.com/d/files/pezus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cfb894695d569c6b343987ff63163a0/wiwikorurinigodapinatiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+data+warehouse+vs+databasePDF 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_off00011f78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F78 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 458d924df8c36a97905da5a0e9ce200f8fd8c412751fbb96eddc98e8644abf92
font_01_sfnt_off000137d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137D4 17192 bytes
SHA-256: b6c0623daad4d712d66fa997c65746730af91f53e31422d07a4bfb338a25b265
font_02_sfnt_off0001646f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1646F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1