Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 347df8b44e7b3942…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-06-17 10:59:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2e2e743c8af339f2f3b06d72684ef5c3 SHA-1: cf2a6ce47cbafd4fd9608a46ce8be272bc2fb6a2 SHA-256: 347df8b44e7b3942618faf34e3b96be76a5d28b36579f929d67467a2c07962a8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=physics+lab+manual+class+9+cbse+solutions PDF link annotation
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4e2c03c10---70903507620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/vonetopumodimoboxiritu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac271943fb2---39486668204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/retixeraxefulururobodir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/nisogodedalemifeguregub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/fexonipezojexikusiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b2c97d963---rijefanuxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4dcc5a313---67373557346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4b142561c3d01cd39e1d9a8143766b0/xifakamuxivavelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comtraining.cl/userfiles/files/14523611792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/kefodanuzesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zge-led.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/13516114027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9524442965a882385a849d2b010ceabc/sosuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fot7sue6c6ok2n4cq3qnaf6097/robizisux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.id/userfiles/file/51695692235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a59c4db6372c374cd6b1258eb23db7d/xaxixemivevojopireri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609adb21d6082---wujamixiwidataxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d03e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD03E 5340 bytes
SHA-256: 7b850b7dbe741015016cc66f41e389162a8525a2826f14db331800e2ae38df31
font_01_sfnt_off0000e24a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE24A 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 1a3c85be47e369cb94d25cab1096186825961757fe74d74cba1adfe7e24f810b

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