Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 346bb40e9d773938…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 16:28:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: db5585058d8a787736647b173c4b6e78 SHA-1: 6dc1944bc461869641ea6a16257702e86d998136 SHA-256: 346bb40e9d773938b2ee71ee2f6395a0d0828dd7685de25fa665b62b811ffb0c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a large number of external URIs and link farm heuristics, indicating it is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious websites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=biblical+authority+after+babel
    • http://podushka.by/files/files/pidurubodomamiw.pdf
    • http://poslovniimenik.net/firme_data/files/padadeli.pdf
    • http://goodwill.pl/userfiles/file/vevisojuzefalago.pdf
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/fobogixa.pdf
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce8be335b6---38724847862.pdf
    • http://hubbardfamilycircle.com/clients/62940/File/duxigug.pdf
    • http://bangtaisay.com/uploads/userfiles/file/musav.pdf
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074413d2df05---20784408747.pdf
    • http://status-go.net/gfx/userfiles/files/37335642085.pdf
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32b9ca22b8107e5f82615a85c819e7c7/dizebojeziropuz.pdf
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb274803fd---5121468649.pdf
    • http://geologocarmignani.com/userfiles/files/lapegidalaxewalezut.pdf
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daa66682ca7b3ae182d5374210f87f84/rugerewalunadazomuf.pdf
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9763163a23b27c5fd33496d3caeb891/24908319889.pdf
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/lesolajezoboratitox.pdf
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e67a0e069---zojejebetopugol.pdf
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4875605c8bd8933b7372865594e3c401/xedigut.pdf
    • https://ckmusicdesign.nl/userfiles/file/51366178500.pdf
    • http://nw-line.ru/generic/uploaded/72603876754.pdf
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/jugufopijumumewip.pdf
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608abb4e34773---wobujedapaxaredipujadoxon.pdf
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7288b27cd054acf021a1a59a9b4e5561/gedugulujoz.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_off000159a2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159A2 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000171b9.bin
f0dc439c1c51ff1cc6d881a9403260fc252dc5c6b8ce6fbf09e1d21a690322fe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x171B9 10568 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00018a0d.bin
5179911ec3f5dee1fc1e2f30bb5074c287122a18e011bad6f2f66b36bcf820c5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18A0D 16904 bytes